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Tom Y. Chan

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Tom Young Chan (September 25, 1881 – September 3, 1944) was an American businessman and civic leader. Based in Chicago, Chan was a leading supporter of the Kuomintang in the United States, and helped raise money for both Sun Yat-sen and General Chiang Kai-shek. In addition, he raised money in the form of war bonds for the United States during World War II. He is the grandfather of actress Lauren Tom. Biography Tom Young Chan was born in the village of Yakou in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China. He was the second of seven children. His surname is actually "Tom", but his Anglicized name failed to recognize that Chinese give their surnames first. A journalist for the Chicago Daily News described him as a "handsome, smiling Chinese with leaping eyebrows" who spoke "halting English." Political activities 1898: he immigrated to Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 17 and worked as a typesetter for the Lung Chi Pao, a weekly newspaper that reported for Sun Yat-sen. He became a United States citizen as a result of the annexation of Hawaii on July 6, 1898. The Lung Chi Pao reorganized into the Minsheng Daily in 1906, and later into the Hawaiian Chinese News. In 1907, he helped raise funds to establish the Tzu Yu Hsin Pao (Freedom News). 1908: Chan moved to the mainland, traveling first to New York City, where he learned how to make noodles, and then to Chicago. He believed that industry and commerce were essential to financing the revolutionary cause. 1909: he joined the Tongmenghui (Revolutionary Alliance), which Dr. Sun established during his visit to Chicago that December. 1911: he founded the Chinese Noodle Company, Chinese Trading Company, and Min Sun Company. During this year, he gave financial support to Dr. Sun's revolutionary movement, which experienced a setback with the Canton uprising in April. After the Wuchang Uprising on October 10, he helped raise money so that Dr. Sun could return to China from the United States through Europe. 1926: he represented the main party branch in San Francisco, California at the Second National Congress of the Kuomintang in Guangzhou (January 4–19). At that time, he saw his father for the first time in almost 30 years. 1928: he was appointed director of the main party branch by the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee.

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Tom Young Chan (September 25, 1881 – September 3, 1944) was an American businessman and civic leader. Based in Chicago, Chan was a leading supporter of the Kuomintang in the United States, and helped raise money for both Sun Yat-sen and General Chiang Kai-shek. In addition, he raised money in the form of war bonds for the United States during World War II. He is the grandfather of actress Lauren Tom. Biography Tom Young Chan was born in the village of Yakou in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China. He was the second of seven children. His surname is actually "Tom", but his Anglicized name failed to recognize that Chinese give their surnames first. A journalist for the Chicago Daily News described him as a "handsome, smiling Chinese with leaping eyebrows" who spoke "halting English." Political activities 1898: he immigrated to Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 17 and worked as a typesetter for the Lung Chi Pao, a weekly newspaper that reported for Sun Yat-sen. He became a United States citizen as a result of the annexation of Hawaii on July 6, 1898. The Lung Chi Pao reorganized into the Minsheng Daily in 1906, and later into the Hawaiian Chinese News. In 1907, he helped raise funds to establish the Tzu Yu Hsin Pao (Freedom News). 1908: Chan moved to the mainland, traveling first to New York City, where he learned how to make noodles, and then to Chicago. He believed that industry and commerce were essential to financing the revolutionary cause. 1909: he joined the Tongmenghui (Revolutionary Alliance), which Dr. Sun established during his visit to Chicago that December. 1911: he founded the Chinese Noodle Company, Chinese Trading Company, and Min Sun Company. During this year, he gave financial support to Dr. Sun's revolutionary movement, which experienced a setback with the Canton uprising in April. After the Wuchang Uprising on October 10, he helped raise money so that Dr. Sun could return to China from the United States through Europe. 1926: he represented the main party branch in San Francisco, California at the Second National Congress of the Kuomintang in Guangzhou (January 4–19). At that time, he saw his father for the first time in almost 30 years. 1928: he was appointed director of the main party branch by the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee.

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