Tag: Remarkable Events

Journey Between Two Chinas One China is that of 1946-49, during the Chinese Civil War. The second China is that of the Communist mainland today. An overview by a China observer: by Seymoun Topping THE AVERAGE MAN probably knows more about the surface of the moon than he does about the mass of land and…

UP FRONT – ALLIANCE FOR SMILES – Ambitious program brings advanced care for clefts to China Make decisions in life based I on how I can help the most people,” says Martin Postma. In September 2008, Postma volunteered as a medical photographer in Harbin, China, with Alliance for Smiles, a San Francisco—based nonprofit that provides…

Pink colour on the Map of the Republic of China indicates the territories aggressed and occupied by the Imperial Japanese military forces as in 1940, since 1931. All Rotary Clubs within these areas were suspended. Glossary  Sinkiang = Xinjiang = 新疆  Tun-Huang = Dunhuang = 敦煌  The Caves of the Thousand Buddhas…

中文版在第 25-28頁 扶輪社員費吳生見證南京大屠殺 1937­38 Rotarian George Ashmore Fitch — Eyewitness of Nanking Massacre 1937-38 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 28 December 2017 George Ashmore Fitch ( 費 吳 生 ) (1883-1979), American missionary, was born in Soochow, Kiangsu Province of the Ch’ing Empire (大清帝國江蘇省吳縣) in 1883, the son of American Presbyterian missionaries…

Rotary’s Wheel of Misfortune (Hong Kong) South China Morning Post Staff Reporter Tuesday, 21 September 1999 The international service movement Rotary has run into an incomprehensible wall of official opposition in Shanghai. Hopeful organisers of a local chapter of the non-political businessmen’s association have been warned not to proceed with plans to formally establish a…

China Day in North America 1942 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 February 2014 This is a piece of Rotary International history about China in February 1942. President Tom J. Davis requested that each Club in the United States and Canada (there were more than 3,000) should, before 15th February, hold a…

1 中文版在第 9-13 頁 扶輪社員費吳生到延安會見毛澤東 Meeting with Mao Tse-Tung and Chou En-Lai By Rotarian Missionary George A. Fitch A trip to Yan An the Communist Capital in 1940 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 28 February 2015 費吳生（左）、毛澤東（中）、梁小初 George A. Fitch (left), Mao Tse-Tung (center), and S. C. Leung Dr. George Ashmore Fitch…

Speech by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Rotary Club of Hankow Ladies’ Night – 漢口扶輪社女賓夕 30 September 1938 What forms of service the women of China have been engaged in during war Ladies and Gentlemen: After the excellent program which we have had this evening, I feel that anything I have to say will be, as we…

In the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國) in 1949, many intellectuals and professionals sought refuge from the communist regime. The United States, amidst the Cold War tensions, initiated the Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals program (ARCI) to support these individuals, recognizing their potential value in…

This article was edited by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) on 1 June 2014 (1) Albert E. Willsher = A Rotarian of Calcutta, India, who had been a resident in Shanghai for several years. = 作者是印度加爾各答扶輪社社員，曾在上海生活了幾年。 (2) Yang-tse = Yang-tse-Kiang = Yangtze River = 揚子江 = 長江 (3) Shanghai = 上海 (4) Whangpoo…

Letter to ‘The Rotarian’ Editor from Tientsin Rotary Club on 1 March 1928 by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 March 2013 It was eighty-five years ago today, the Rotary Club of Tientsin (天津扶輪社), Republic of China (中 華民國), sent a complaint letter to the Editor of《The Rotarian》Magazine. Excerpt of the full text…

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中文版在第 9-14 頁 上海扶輪社員於 1926 年開展中華痲瘋救濟會 Shanghai Rotarians launched the Chinese Mission to Lepers in 1926 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 25 January 2015 Today is the World Leprosy Day – the last Sunday in January. Leprosy was said to be first recognized in the ancient civilizations of China, Egypt, and India,…

1 中文版在第 16-30 頁 最早的兩位國際法院華籍法官都是中國的扶輪社員 Chinese Rotarians served Judges of International Court of Justice By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 December 2016 徐謨大法官 Judge Hsu Mo 顧維鈞大法官 Judge V. K. Wellington Koo The first two Chinese judges of International Court of Justice in The Hague were Rotarians from The Republic of China:…

THE ROTARIAN September, I 926 Mr_ Yu ChenCliou, Manager of the College Farms, the first Chinese student to he graduated in agriculture under Walu’r E. Chamberlain. Goals are widely raised throughout China as milk animals. The one in the picture, however, is un importation from Switzerland. Waller E. Chamberlain, head of the Department of Agriculture,…

《The Ice Age in West China》by H. L. Richardson (1943) Glossary (1) Dr. H. L. Richardson, PhD, MSc One of the 35 charter members of Chengtu Rotary Club (成都扶輪社) which was admitted to Rotary International on 9 January 1939, Charter No.4916, but was terminated on 21 December 1950. Richardson’s classification was “Agriculture – Soil Fertilization”…

2,000 Rotary Clubs in China at the Hub of the Orient Service clubs are voluntary non-profit organizations whose members meet regularly not only for the purpose of engaging in service or charitable work, but also in part for networking purposes and the benefits of fellowship. Some of the largest and best known service club organizations…

MARCH, 1932 Shanghai’s famous Band, with its large banks and mercantile establishments, thrauglx which flows much of the Orient’s commerce. Cosmopolitan Shanghai By lillian Dow Davidson “AN interesting and astounding demonstration of international cooperation,” are the words my husband uses in describing Shanghai, a city without a parallel in the world’s history. I feel he…

澳門郵票紀念扶輪貢獻 110年 Macao stamps commemorate the 110 years of Rotary By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 February 2015 2015 年 2 月 16 日，澳門郵電局發行了紀念「國際扶輪成立 110 周年」的郵票及小型張。 郵票面額澳門幣 5.50圓，印有扶輪創始人保羅‧哈里斯的肖像；小型張附有一枚澳門幣12圓 的郵票，圖案展示扶輪根滅全球小兒麻痺的使命。 「國際扶輪」是全球扶輪社的聯合團體。扶輪是結合全世界事業及專業領導人士的一種組 織，提供博愛的服務，在職業方面鼓勵崇高的道德標準，並幫助建立世界的親善與和平。「國 際扶輪」由繼續履行章程文件中賦予義務的扶輪社所組成。 「國際扶輪」的目的在於： 1) 鼓勵、推廣、擴展並監督全世界的扶輪運動； 2) 協調並先籌指揮「國際扶輪」各項活動 「國際扶輪」之使命是透過事業、專業及社區領導人的聯誼，服務他人；並推廣大公無私， 促進世界瞭解親善與和平。 扶輪的組織分成扶輪社、地區與國際三個層面，協助實現扶輪的服務計畫。 扶輪社員是扶輪社的社員，而扶輪社為「國際扶輪」這個全球組織的會員。每個扶輪社選 舉自己的職員，並在模範扶輪社章程與國際扶輪章程及細則的架構下，享有相當大的自主權。 第一家扶輪社於 1905 年 2 月 23 日在美國伊利諾州芝加哥組織成立。當時是一名年輕律 師的保羅．哈里斯，為了追求聯誼與職業上的同志情誼，邀請一群各自從事不同職業的男士， 成立這個新的社團。社員資格的基礎─社區中每一事業及專業只限一人參加。最初，新創立的 扶輪社的社員集會，係輪流在彼此的事業處所舉行，此即「扶輪」名稱之由來。…