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When the Chinese pirate Limahong attacked Manila in 1574, officials in Fujian Province were willing to let the Spanish establish a trade port on an island south of Xiamen, in return for Limahong's capture. However, the governor of the Philippines did not respond favourably, and the offer came to nothing when Limahong escaped from Manila.
In this manner, "Chinese in California had become organized into four regional dialect groupings" [3]: 17 or, as locally known, "four Ooe-Koons, or great Chinese houses of San Francisco". [ 15 ] Owing to internal disputes in the large Sze Yup company, the Ning Yeung ( Chinese : 寧 陽 ) company emerged in 1853, and the Hop Wo ( Chinese : 合 ...
The Square and Circle Club is a women's community service organization located in San Francisco. Founded in 1924, it is the oldest Chinese women's community service club in the United States . [ 1 ] Throughout its history, the club has been active in its support of numerous San Francisco Chinatown community organizations and philanthropic causes.
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (or CCC) (simplified Chinese: 旧金山中华文化中心; traditional Chinese: 舊金山中華文化中心; pinyin: Jiùjīnshān Zhōnghuá Wénhuà Zhōngxīn; Jyutping: Gau 6 gam 1 saan 1 Zung 1 waa 4 Man 4 faa 3 Zung 1 sam 1) is a community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 as the operations center of the Chinese Culture ...
Alice Fong Yu (Chinese: 尤方玉屏; 2 March 1905 - 19 December 2000) was an American schoolteacher and community organizer.The first Chinese American to teach at a public school, she was a founding member and first president of the Square and Circle Club (方圓社), and was a prominent leader in the San Francisco Chinatown community.
The Ying On Association building in Chinatown, San Francisco at 745–747 Grant Avenue.The prominent first-floor retailer is "New Peking". The Ying On Labor & Merchant Association (Chinese: 英端工商會) or simply Ying On Association is a historical Chinese American association that was established in the 1930s for the purpose of assisting members of the Chinese community when they were ...
Chee Kung Tong building at 36–38 Spoffard Alley in Chinatown, San Francisco, California. The Chee Kung Tong (Chinese: 致公堂; Jyutping: zi3 gung1 tong4), or Gee Kung Tong, was a Chinese secret society established in 1880 and holds an active presence still.
San Francisco, [23] officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center within Northern California.With a population of 808,988 residents as of 2023, [14] San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California behind Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose, and the 17th most populous in the US.