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Sun Yat-sen is an illustrious alumnus of the Iolani School in Hawaii as proven by this big picture in the lobby of the school. Photos by Hu Yongqi / China Daily
The contribution of the overseas Chinese community to the success of the 1911 Revolution is widely recognized. "When we look back, we cannot forget those who contributed to Doctor Sun Yat-sen's revolution and the establishment and reform of modern China," says Xu Yousheng, vice-minister of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, speaking at a commemorative concert in Honolulu. "As Dr Sun himself said, 'The overseas Chinese community was the mother of the Chinese revolution.'"
Sunday Digest
Officials seeking tighter air standard
Sunday Special
SHANGHAI, China - Rory McIlroy admitted he is humbled by the opportunity to travel across the world's most populous nation in the seven-day, seven-city Shui On Land China Golf Challenge, which tees off in Shanghai on Monday and concludes in Macao on Sunday.
Sunday People
Not many outside the design and transport industries know that Paul Priestman's firm is responsible for the look of what currently is one of China's fastest trains. And the Englishman prefers it stays that way.
Sunday Expat
In one of her last events in Shanghai before returning to the US, Consul General Beatrice Camp joined Tongji University officials to salute their students who participated in the US Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon last week in Washington, DC. Tongji University was one of 20 teams competing, and the only team from China.
Sunday Image
Man's best friends ride the waves in surf-crazy California, Reuters photographer Lucy Nicholson catches the action.
Sunday Sports
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Germany coach Joachim Loew is looking for his side to step up its performance against Belgium on Tuesday as it tries to make it ten wins out of ten in Euro 2012 qualifying.
Sunday Life
The trees spanning many of the mountain sides of western Montana glow an earthy red, like a broadleaf forest at the beginning of autumn.
Science and Technology
VOLOS, Greece - The first time he bought eggs and milk at an outdoor market using not euros but an informal barter currency, Theodoros Mavridis, an unemployed electrician, was thrilled.
Arts and Styles
Karen O, lead singer of the New York indie rock band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and her collaborators aim to create a new kind of genre-blending performance.
Sunday Food
This little shop-style restaurant reminds me of quaint little local places in dimly lit alleyways in Japan. It's not a big place and is decorated with the dark wood common in the local haunts.
Sunday Style
Ali Hewson and husband Bono celebrated Edun's spring women's show and the launch of the men's "Pioneers Project" marketing campaign recently. In between courses of crab cakes and mac 'n' greens, they shared their philosophy on how the catwalk can be a platform for fair trade.
Sunday Kaleidoscope
An era came to the end for post '70s and '80s in China when Sony announced it would stop producing Walkman audio cassettes last year. With little memory of the long-playing record, that generation's initial memory of music was connected with this little black cassette tape.
Sunday Travel
The challenge was this: Where should I take my two English daughters aged 8 and 13 for their first holiday in Asia? Because of their youth and the difference in their ages, it had to be somewhere diverse, interesting, fun but not too arduous.
