【I ❤ Taishan】
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Beautiful Taishan, GD, China =P
Taishan
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Alan Chin (artist)
Alan Christopher Chin (born October 15, 1987) is an American artist working in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, sculpture, and film. He is known for his exploratory paintings and sculptures. Chin studied at California College of the Arts in Oakland, California, and has since shown work in galleries around the world. As a Chinese American artist, Chin draws inspiration from his family heritage, creating works commemorating his family’s affiliation with the California gold rush and the construction of transcontinental railroad in the western United States the 19th century.
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Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 2, 1961) was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star. Her long and varied career spanned both silent and sound film, television, stage, and radio.
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Bill Lann Lee
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Chen Yunchang
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Chin Gee Hee
Chin Gee Hee (Traditional Chinese: 陳宜禧; Simplified Chinese: 陈宜禧, pinyin Chén Yíxǐ, June 22, 1844 – 1929), courtesy name Chàngtíng (暢庭), Cheun Gee Yee, was a Chinese merchant, labor contractor, and railway entrepreneur, who made his fortune in Seattle, Washington before returning to his native village in Taishan, Guangdong province, which sources variously refer to as "Look Tun", "Langmei village, Doushan town", or "Long-mei" () "of Luk-choon" (; possibly meaning "Sixth Village")], where he continued his successes.
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Danny Chan
Danny Chan Bak-keung (7 September 1958- 25 October 1993) was a popular 1980s cantopop singer, composer and actor in Hong Kong with origins in Taishan, Guangdong. Chan was of the first generation of pop idols in Hong Kong. He was already an electronic organ player, a songwriter, an actor and a promising singer at the beginning of his career. He made a name for himself with his debut release, "Tears For You", which established him as a teen idol. Ripple, Just Loving You and What One Wants in Life are just some of the golden hits written and sung by Chan. He is mostly remembered for his Cantonese romance ballads and high quality compositions. Chan died in 1993 after being in a coma for 17 months.
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Donnie Yen
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Evan Low
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Flora Chan
Flora Chan Wai-Shan was born in 30 May 1971 in Hong Kong. She is a Hong Kong television and film actress.
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Guangdong Province
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Guangzhou
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Him Mark Lai
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Hiram Fong
Him Mark Lai (麥禮謙) (November 11, 1925 San Francisco - May 21, 2009) was an American historian. He was known as the “Dean of Chinese American History” by his academic peers, despite the fact that he was professionally trained as a mechanical engineer with no advanced training in the academic field of History.
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Hong Kong
Hiram Leong Fong (zh|, Kuàng Yǒuliáng), born Yau Leong Fong (October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004), was an American businessman and politician from Hawaii. He is most notable for his service as Republican United States Senator from 1959 to 1977, and for being the first Asian American and Chinese American to be elected as such. In 1964, Fong became the first Asian American to run for his party's nomination for President of the United States. As of 2008, he is the only Republican to ever hold a Senate seat from Hawaii and the only Asian American to actively seek the Presidential nomination of the Republican Party. He would be followed by Patsy Mink, also from Hawaii, who sought the nomination of the Democratic Party in 1972.
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Jack Yan
Hong Kong () is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. Situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
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James Hong
Jack Yan (Chinese: 甄爵恩, Pinyin: Zhēn Jué'ēn) is a publisher, designer and businessman, born 1972 in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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James Tak Wu
James Hong (traditional Chinese: 吳漢章) (born February 22, 1929) is an American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists (AAPAA).
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John Tsang
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Julius Chan
John Tsang Chun-wah (Traditional Chinese: 曾俊華; born 1951), GBM, JP, is the current Financial Secretary (FS) of Hong Kong. His responsibility is to assist the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in overseeing policy formulation and implementation in financial, monetary, economic, trade and employment matters. He exercises control over the Exchange Fund, with the assistance of the Monetary Authority. He is a member of the Executive Council.
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Ken Hom
Sir Julius Chan GCL GCMG KBE (陳仲民, born 29 August 1939) was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997. He is currently Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province, having won the seat in the 2007 national election. He is also the current Governor of New Ireland Province, since 2007.
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Leland Yee
Ken Hom OBE (born May 3, 1949 in Tucson, Arizona, United States) with ancestry from Taishan, Guangdong is a notable Chinese American chef, author and British television-show presenter. In 2009 he was awarded by HM The Queen with an honorary OBE for ‘services to culinary arts’. The OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) recognizes his achievements and the impressive social and historical impact he has made on the way the UK has ‘adopted’ Chinese cuisine, which has now become one of the UK's favourites.
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Li Enliang
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Margaret Chin
Li Enliang or E.L.li (Chinese: 李恩良, 1912-2008), is a Chinese civil engineer and educator. Li was a former Vice-president of Zhejiang University and former President of the Zhejiang University of Technology.
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Matt Fong
Margaret Chin (; born May 26, 1954 in Hong Kong) is a New York City-based American politician. A Democrat, she was elected to the New York City Council on November 3, 2009, to represent District 1 in Lower Manhattan, which includes, amongst other neighborhoods and sites, Chinatown, the Financial District, City Hall, and the site of the World Trade Center. Chin immigrated to the United States when she was nine years old and was raised in Chinatown. She is the first Asian American and the first Chinese American elected to represent New York City's Chinatown in the city council, and the first Asian American woman elected to the city council. She and Queens Council member Peter Koo comprise the Asian American delegation of the city council. Current New York City Comptroller John Liu also served in the city council from 2002 to 2009 as its sole Asian American member.
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Myolie Wu
Matthew Kipling Fong (; pinyin: Kuàng Jiélíng) (born November 20, 1953 in Alameda County, California) is a Republican political leader from California and former state Treasurer.
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Norman Kwong
Myolie Wu Hang-Yee is a Hong Kong actress for the popular Hong Kong TVB television station and a singer under contracts with Neway Star
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Patrick Yu
Norman Lim "Normie" Kwong, CM, AOE (born as Lim Kwong Yew; ) (born October 24, 1929 in Calgary, Alberta) is a former professional athlete, sports executive, and was the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. On May 11, 2010, retired Armed Forces Colonel Donald Ethell assumed the post.
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Paul Wong (musician)
Patrick Yu Shuk-Siu (Chinese: 余叔韶) (born 1922) is a celebrated trial and appellate lawyer in Hong Kong.
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Shandong
Paul Wong Koon-Chung is a composer, songwriter, singer and the lead guitarist of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond.
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Sichuan
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Tony Leung Chiu Wai
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Wong Ka Kui
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Yip Sai Wing
Wong Ka-Kui (June 10, 1962 - June 30, 1993) was a Hong Kong composer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and the founder of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond.
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Baisha, Guangdong
Baisha (Baksa in the Taishanese language, 白沙鎮), in Taishan County, Guangdong Province, was the ancestral home of many of the first Canadian-Chinese. Their descendants live all over Canada, and used to predominate before the 1980s in the Chinatowns of Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Banff and Edmonton, and US West Coast cities such as San Francisco and Seattle.
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Leland Yee
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Mount Taishan
The sacred Mount Tai ('shan' means 'mountain') was the object of an imperial cult for nearly 2000 years, and the artistic masterpieces found there are in perfect harmony with the natural landscape. It has always been a source of inspiration for Chinese artists and scholars and symbolizes ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs. whc.unesco.org
Panda - Tai Shan
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- Duration: 7:48
- Published: 13 Dec 2005
- Uploaded: 05 Aug 2011
- Author: williechoi
This is the new born panda cub from our Capital's National Zoo. The pulbic debut has started since Dec 8th. The cub has attracted alot of attention across the nation including my lovely girlfriend who has been treating him like her baby since day one. I'm just happy to share the panda moment with her and everyone.
Tai Shan
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- Duration: 4:22
- Published: 21 Nov 2007
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- Author: singularityrush
Images of China, to the Rush song of the same title.
Tai Shan Bidding Farewell to Mom
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- Duration: 3:18
- Published: 05 Feb 2010
- Uploaded: 04 Jul 2011
- Author: pegasus1787
Tai Shan bidding farewell to mom on his last day at the outdoor yard. Six inches of snow fell overnight and the National Zoo Panda Pavilion was covered with snow. Tai Shan was eating his bamboo while his mom, Mei Xiang was in the neighboring yard. They eventually met at the howdy window, saying farewell to each other. Tai left the next day on a special FedEx cargo jet headed for China.
Legless Singer Tops Taishan Summit—Again!
For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com t's not easy to walk up to the top of Mount Taishan in China, but how about climbing up to it on your hands. A Chinese singer, who doesn't have legs, did just that, and for the eleventh time. His determination inspired many along the way. Here's that story. Chen Zhou made it to the top of Mount Taishan in China's Shandong Province on Monday (May 16). He "walked" the entire 6300-step ascent on his hands. By the time he finally reached the top he was exhausted. His hands were covered with blisters, but he'd made it. As he neared the summit his determination shined through. [Chen Zhou, Legless Singer]: "I'm very tired, but I have to finish it." And the climb up Taishan is pretty difficult even on foot. Several fellow climbers said they felt inspired by Chen. [Tourist]: "I said to my friend just now that I had planned to give up at the half point, but I've changed my mind after I met him on the way. It would be a shame if I couldn't get to the top." [Tourist]: "I'm deeply moved by his spirit and determination." Chen was accompanied by a host of friends and volunteers who provided him with food, drink, and company along the way. Chen started singing for money on the streets after losing his legs in a train hopping accident.
Goodbye to Tai Shan
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- Duration: 4:09
- Published: 04 Dec 2009
- Uploaded: 05 Apr 2011
- Author: WashingtonPost
Giant panda's return to China will end a four-year love affair between a town ruled by political blood sport and a bamboo-munching black-and-white bear. (Anna Uhls/The Washington Post)
Wait Mommy!
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- Duration: 0:44
- Published: 04 Apr 2006
- Uploaded: 15 Aug 2011
- Author: dryuen2005
Tai Shan wants to play.
Tai Shan's first year
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- Duration: 5:58
- Published: 10 Jul 2006
- Uploaded: 23 Apr 2011
- Author: starshipsea
Tai Shan's first year in National Zoo
Rush - Tai Shan
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- Duration: 4:18
- Published: 19 Dec 2010
- Uploaded: 16 Aug 2011
- Author: Billinois78
Track 9 from Rush's 12th studio album, Hold Your Fire, released on September 8, 1987.
TaiShan new hse celebration 1-16-2009
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- Duration: 6:47
- Published: 17 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 22 May 2011
- Author: YanStevenUT
TaiShan new hse celebration 1-16-2009
Tai Shan plays in tub.
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- Duration: 3:03
- Published: 07 May 2006
- Uploaded: 02 Jun 2011
- Author: EdnaBowman
TaiShan on 12-24-05 at The National Zoo. He was almost 6 months old.
Tai Shan - Panda Cub
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- Duration: 6:51
- Published: 29 Jul 2006
- Uploaded: 18 May 2011
- Author: GwyneddGwyn
A baby panda at play
Raw Video: Giant Panda Tai Shan Heads to China
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- Duration: 1:18
- Published: 04 Feb 2010
- Uploaded: 28 Jun 2011
- Author: AssociatedPress
Two giant pandas born in America, in Washington and Atlanta, are being flown to China to become part of a breeding program in their endangered species' native land. Tai Shan is leaving from Dulles International Airport in Virginia. (Feb. 4)
China Adventures - TaiShan (Part 1)
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- Duration: 9:57
- Published: 01 Nov 2007
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- Author: monkeetime
Weekend trip to TaiShan in Shandong. TaiShan / Mount Tai (Chinese: 泰山) is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Tai'an, in Shandong Province, China. The tallest peak is Jade Emperor Peak which is commonly reported as 1545 metres (5069 feet) tall. Mount Tai is one of the "Five Sacred Mountains of Taoism". It is associated with sunrise, birth, and renewal, and is often regarded the foremost of the five. The temples on its slopes have been a destination for pilgrims for 3000 years. In total, there are 22 temples, 97 ruins, 819 stone tablets, and 1018 cliff-side and stone inscriptions located on Mount Tai. A flight of 6600 steps (that number is disputed depending on who is counting and where they started, but it really doesn't matter) lead up the East Peak of Mount Tai, along its course, there are 11 gates, 14 archways, 14 kiosks, and 4 pavilions.
Farewell, Tai Shan
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- Duration: 3:18
- Published: 04 Feb 2010
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- Author: SmithsonianMagazine
Visitors to the National Zoo have enjoyed watching their baby panda grow up over the last four years. Read more at blogs.smithsonianmag.com
Tai Shan's 4th Birthday Party - Revised Version
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- Published: 10 Jul 2009
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- Author: puddytat1949
The National Zoo's Giant Panda Tai Shan celebrated his 4th birthday today. The National Zoo was kind enough to allow all of us to enjoy this day with him. The cake made by the staff consisted of beet juice, shreaded beets and bamboo; topped by a big red apple. This was recorded from The National Zoo's live cam.
Tai Shan eats panda bread
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- Published: 27 Mar 2010
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- Author: yingying816
2010.3.22 my first interview with Tai Shan at Leopard mountain
TaiShan DC Big Baby Panda Falling
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- Author: miheenathaliemoine
2007 Oct. 18, DC Smithonian Zoo - TaiShan falling
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The sacred Mount Tai. Shandong is mostly flat in terrain. The northwestern, western, and southwestern parts of the province are all part of the vast North China Plain.
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City of Jiangmen
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The Echo Wall pavilion is a part of the Temple of Heaven complex. The Seven-Star Stone Group, east of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest
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The Immortal Bridge(Chinese: 仙人桥; pinyin: Xiānrén Qiáo), a natural landscape. Mount Tai is a tilted fault-block mountain with height increasing from the north to the south.
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The terraced rice paddies of Yuanyang County, Yunnan China's mountains, lakes, valleys, caves and waterfalls: Mount Tai in the east, Mount Hengshan in the south, Mount Hua in the west, Mount Hengshan in the north, and Mount Song in the center of China have been called the Five Sacred Mountains since antiquity.
![Another view of Chinatown Unlike most other urban Chinatowns, Manhattan's Chinatown is both a residential area as well as commercial area. Most population estimates[original research?] are in the range of 90,000 to 100,000 residents.[citation needed] It is difficult to get an exact count, as neighborhood participation in the U.S.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110907071611im_/http://cdn4.wn.com/pd/c1/5e/db72f4506205744799e690758071_grande.jpg "Another view of Chinatown Unlike most other urban Chinatowns, Manhattan's Chinatown is both a residential area as well as commercial area. Most population estimates[original research?] are in the range of 90,000 to 100,000 residents.[citation needed] It is difficult to get an exact count, as neighborhood participation in the U.S.")
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Another view of Chinatown Unlike most other urban Chinatowns, Manhattan's Chinatown is both a residential area as well as commercial area. Most population estimates[original research?] are in the range of 90,000 to 100,000 residents.[citation needed] It is difficult to get an exact count, as neighborhood participation in the U.S.
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![Another view of Chinatown Unlike most other urban Chinatowns, Manhattan's Chinatown is both a residential area as well as commercial area. Most population estimates[original research?] are in the range of 90,000 to 100,000 residents.[citation needed] It is difficult to get an exact count, as neighborhood participation in the U.S.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110907071611im_/http://cdn3.wn.com/pd/c1/5e/db72f4506205744799e690758071_thumb.jpg "Another view of Chinatown Unlike most other urban Chinatowns, Manhattan's Chinatown is both a residential area as well as commercial area. Most population estimates[original research?] are in the range of 90,000 to 100,000 residents.[citation needed] It is difficult to get an exact count, as neighborhood participation in the U.S.")
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Taishan
Taishan (Chinese: ; Taishanese: Hoisan ; Cantonese: Toi⁴saan¹ ; Mandarin: Taishan; Other: Toishan) is a coastal county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. The city is part of the Greater Taishan Region.
The city is located in the Pearl River Delta, southwest of Jiangmen (to which it administratively belongs) and 140 kilometers west of Hong Kong. It contains 95 islands and islets, including the largest island in Guangdong, Shangchuan Island. It is one of Five Counties in Guangdong (was called Sze Yup with excluding Heshan).
Taishan is famous for being the Birthplace of Chinese Volleyball, that was brought to Taishan by overseas Chinese, and the city won many provincial and national championships. The city is also famous for being one of the Birthplaces of Guangdong music, where the other being Guangzhou.
History
Taishan History
On February 12, 1499 in the 12th year of the reign of the emperor Hongzhi during the Ming Dynasty, Taishan was founded as Xinning County (新宁县) from land in the southwest of Xinhui County. Xinning has also been romanized as Sunning, Sinning, Hsinning, Hsînnîng, and Llin-nen.From 1854 to 1867 a genocidal war broke out mainly in Taishan County between the Punti and Hakka people with disastrous results for both sides.
In 1914, Xinning was renamed Taishan to avoid confusion with the Xinnings of Hunan and Sichuan.
In 2010, parts of the movie Let the Bullets Fly were filmed in Taishan.
Overseas Taishanese history
Owing to natural disasters and the colonization, Taishanese started to search for new lives overseas after the First Opium War. The migration of Taishanese to North America started with the Gold Rush. Many Taishanese came to California as contract labourers. Later, another peak happened during the construction of the transcontinental railways in the United States and Canada. In 1870, there were 63,000 Chinese in the United States, almost all in California. Due to discrimination and language barriers, the first Chinatown formed to allow Taishanese (or Chinese) to live along and help each other.
Education
Education in the city of Taishan enjoys significant support from overseas Chinese professionals and businessmen. Many secondary schools were built and financed by Chinese living in the SAR (Hong Kong and Macau) and various foreign countries, such as the US, Canada, and Brazil.To honor their benefactors, these schools often bear their names or the names of their parents. An example is the Taishan City Peng Quan School (鹏权中学), which was constructed during 1999–2001, and is now integrated into the city's public school system. It is situated on the west side of the city, and was built by a Hong Kong businessman.
Below are some of the schools in Taishan:
University:
High schools & middle schools:
Administration
Taishan is under the jurisdiction of Jiangmen. In a jurisdiction of 3,286 km², Taishan contains 16 townships (镇), which are subdivided into 313 village residential committees (村居委会) and 3,655 natural villages (自然村).
Language
The main language of Taishan is Taishanese. While most Taishanese today use Mandarin in school or formal occasions, Taishanese is the de facto language. Taishanese is a dialect of Yue Chinese, a large group which includes, but is broader than, Cantonese spoken in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Thus Cantonese and Taishanese are related but distinct. Before the 1980s, Taishanese was the predominant Chinese language spoken throughout North America's Chinatowns. Cantonese (Guangdonghua) is also widely known in Taishan, as it serves as lingua franca of Guangdong Province.
Demographics
Today, there is over 2.3 million Taishanese worldwide; some 1.3 million people living overseas can trace their ancestry to Taishan, outnumbering those who now live in Taishan, 1 million.If considering the total Greater Taishan Region or Sze Yap Region, which includes Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping and Taishan, there is about 8 to 9 Million Taishanese people worldwide. According to American historian Him Mark Lai, approximately 430,000 or 70% of Chinese Americans in the 1980s were Taishanese according to 1988 data. Currently some 500,000 Chinese Americans claim Taishanese origins. It is estimated that over 75% of all overseas Chinese in North America until the mid- to late-20th century claimed origin in Taishan, the city is also known as the "Home of Overseas Chinese." As late as 1988, those with ancestry from Taishan accounted for 70% of Chinese Americans.
An office of the local Taishan Bureau of Overseas Chinese can help to arrange visits of overseas Chinese people.
List of notable people from or with ancestry traced back to Taishan
Historical figures
Actors/actresses & singers
Politicians
Education
Business
References
External links
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