China's history is one
of a proud, mysterious and ancient civilization. Over the past 150 years this
nation's history has been marked by war, turmoil, famine, a decadent imperial
ruling site, foreign conquerors, native warlords, a feudal past that has
quickly transformed itself into a modern, global society.
Among the historical
mysteries of China something few on either side of the Pacific Ocean have
realized until recently: the influence of Chinese civilization on the Founder
of the United States of America in the 1700's.
Dr. Dave Wang set out
to explore and share his discoveries though his blog site
The Founding Fathers and Chinese Civilization.
His blog site explores "the
cultural influence of traditional Chinese civilization on colonial North
American and the early development of the United States."
In 2012 Dr. Wang joined the Board of Directors of History Education Hawaii, Inc.
In 2012 Dr. Wang joined the Board of Directors of History Education Hawaii, Inc.
Dr. Wang's pioneering
research has earned him a distinguished international reputation. Selected
published papers have been translated into international languages including
Italian and Chinese. He is often invited to present his research findings to
audiences around the world.
"Certain Chinese
products, such as tea, had become deeply involved in the colonies and
became an indispensable element of colonists’ daily life. The British control
of tea and the colonists’ struggle against this control changed the historical
course of the colonies. The tax on tea and the resentment with the tea monopoly
by the East Indian Company was one of the factors that led the colonists
to rebel. Immediately before the successful 1784 sailing of the Empress of
China, the first American commercial ship to reach China, the President of
Yale College told George Washington, "Navigation will carry the America
flag around the globe itself, and display the thirteen stripes and new
constellation, at Bengal and Canton, on the Indus and Ganges, on the Whang-ho
and the Yang-ti-king; and with commerce will import the wisdom and literature
of the East."
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