A visual tribute to an overseas Chinese legend

Once upon a time in the United States, he was an icon in China towns. Situ Meitang (1868-1955) was born in a small village in Kaiping, Guangdong province. However, he sponsored Sun Yat-sen's revolution to topple the Qing (1644-1911) court, befriended Franklin Roosevelt, who later became the US president, and led overseas Chinese against Japanese aggression.

When he returned to his motherland after seven decades abroad, he was invited to attend the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China in 1949, and later became a deputy to the first session of the National People's Congress standing committee.

Now, as the country marks the 150th anniversary of his birth, a special exhibition is on at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing.