In the 9th year of the Republic of China, August 2, 1920!

San Francisco.

It is also called "San Francisco".

Today is a very special day for San Francisco.

The fleet slowly drove in the direction of San Francisco.

On either side, there are warships flying the American flag, and on the largest warship among them, hanging, hunting and flying in the wind is a huge five-color flag!

Flag of the Republic of China!

Three American warships, led by the battleship "New Mexico", headed for this fleet.

"New Mexico" waved the flag:

"Welcome to San Francisco, welcome to San Francisco and the people of the United States, Great President of the Republic of China!"

Standing on the deck of the "President", Wang Hengyue looked at everything calmly, and then said slowly:

"Signal back! Friendship, dignity, honor! As the president of a proud country, I visit another proud country, long live the friendship between China and the United States! ”

All the US warships sounded their whistles at the same time, expressing their welcome to the President of the Republic of China!

The dock has long been filled with black oppressive people, both Americans and Chinese, and among these people, more are overseas Chinese who are living hard in the United States!

When the battle cruiser "President" slowly appeared, the welcoming crowd instantly burst into huge cheers.

Some overseas Chinese screamed and screamed, and suddenly lost their voices and wept bitterly, crying so much that their faces were bursting with tears, and their liver and intestines were broken. Some people simply fell on the shoulders of their companions and cried, and his companions were also persuading, but they even cried loudly after persuading them......

All the people are crying, and every overseas Chinese is crying!

How many years, how many years has it been! For the first time in the United States, I saw a warship from my homeland! How many years, how many years have these overseas Chinese lived in the United States, they never dreamed that they would be able to see warships from the motherland!

While crying, they kept waving the five-color national flag in their hands, crying loudly, shouting, and venting the emotions in their hearts!

Long live China!

All the officers and men of the Chinese Navy, all the visiting officers, stood on the deck, looking at the cheering and crying overseas Chinese, their teeth clenched and their lips clenched. They didn't dare to open their mouths, for fear that if they opened their mouths, their tears would burst out of their eyes.

"All of them, salute!"

With this order personally issued by President Wang Hengyue, all the officers and soldiers raised their hands!

Salute to your own overseas Chinese! On behalf of their lovely, great motherland!

The cheers instantly became louder!

The overseas Chinese frantically waved the flags in their hands, shouting and shouting wildly!

At this moment, they are the proudest and happiest......

In the 9th year of the Republic of China, on August 2, 1920, Wang Hengyue, President of the Republic of China, arrived in the United States!

In 1882, the U.S. Congress accepted the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act submitted by Republican Senator John Miller, and on April 27, 1904, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to extend all the Chinese Exclusion Bills indefinitely!

At that moment, all the Chinese were indignant but helpless! But now, the president of the Republic of China is here, and these Chinese people, who have been bullied, discriminated against, and insulted in the United States, finally have a backbone!

The most exciting moment of the fleet's slow landing arrived:

Wang Hengyue, president of the Republic of China, got off the gangway step by step.

The cheers on the shore were already close to hysteria

He finally set foot on the soil of the United States!

He finally appeared in front of all overseas Chinese!

This day is August 20th!

It's a day that neither Chinese nor Americans will ever forget!

The cheers stopped instantly, and everything was so quiet.

Everyone's eyes were on him:

President of the Republic of China Wang Hengyue!

Wang Hengyue stared at the overseas Chinese for a long time, for a long time, and did not say a word, and the overseas Chinese were also staring at him, for a long time, and did not fly a word......

Then, everyone saw that the president of the Republic of China, Wang Hengyue, bowed deeply to the overseas Chinese.

This bow was very deep, and it was a long mouth, and when he raised his head, he only said one sentence:

"You've done a great job."

With only these five words, the overseas Chinese burst into tears again.

You've done a great job.

Enough, enough, with this sentence, everything is enough! …,

Wang Hengyue took a deep breath, and then said slowly:

"I had many, many things to say, but all of a sudden, I didn't know where to start. This should be a day to remember for all.

It is not because I visited the United States and opened the way for the Chinese head of state to visit a foreign country for the first time, but because I met you, my lovely overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese who have gone through hardships!

I know how much you have suffered in a foreign land, I know how many tears you have shed here, but I also know that you have never forgotten that there is a country behind you, called China! That is your root, the wandering wanderer, there is always a root, and one day the leaves will return to the root

When these words were spoken, there was a low sobbing sound among the overseas Chinese again, very low, very angry.

Wang Hengyue looked at his compatriots:

"I want to apologize to you, when you are most miserable and most in need of help, our country cannot help you: when you are in a bad situation, when you need support the most, when you need the motherland behind you the most, our country cannot make the cry you want to hear at that time, our country is weak and poor: our country is in constant internal conflict and war, we can't even protect ourselves, how can we give support to overseas travelers? Our government has even forgotten that there are still you wanderers who are watching over the country overseas......

I also want to apologize to you, when we pushed the Manchu Qing Dynasty to restore national unity and peace, it was you who donated your own frugal money, you were reluctant to eat, reluctant to wear, and even reluctant to see when you were sick, but when your country was in need, you donated everything you had without hesitation, some were for your children's education, some were life-saving money, and some were pension money...... However, after the reunification of the country, we have not said thank you to you: "Today, I am here, and on behalf of China, I would like to say to all of you:

Thank you! ”

It's boiling, the whole audience is boiling!

Everyone is chanting "Republic of China", everyone is chanting the president! When these overseas Chinese donate their everything, they don't care about a "thank you", but in fact, deep down in their hearts, they may care most about this "thank you".

Because, they can know that their country has not forgotten them......

Wang Hengyue quietly listened to the cheers, quietly waiting for all the cheers to gradually calm down:

"Now, here I am, with our fleet, for a goodwill visit to the United States, and more importantly, I have come to see you, on behalf of our common country.

I can't guarantee that you'll be treated fairly or that you'll be bullied when I'm gone. But what I can guarantee is that when this happens again, I, the President of the Republic of China, Wang Hengyue, will definitely do everything I can to protect each and every one of you! I also hope that the U.S. government, and all the governments in the world, can respect our overseas Chinese and the people of every country, because this is where the civilization of a country lies! ”

Then, after a pause, he said:

"In San Francisco I will stay for three days and then go to Warwickton, during which time any of you who want to see me can come and see me, and I promise you will not be hindered in any way.

My whereabouts will be public! I was told that my safety might be threatened, but I don't believe that my people would shoot at me! What I don't believe even more is that overseas Chinese will shoot at me!

This is my promise to you! ”

The crowd was silent, silent, and then, the deafening cheers could not be stopped!

The Chinese began to enter the United States in large numbers during the California Gold Rush in 1849. Most of them came from southern China, which had fallen into poverty after the Taiping Rebellion, in search of their wealth. At first, there was an abundance of surface gold, so the Chinese were warmly welcomed and accepted.0 However, when the reserves of easily available gold shrank and the competition for gold intensified, so did the resentment of the Chinese. Nativist groups began to claim that California's gold belonged to Americans, and then began to physically assault foreign gold prospectors.

The wave of Chinese exclusion on the West Coast of the United States has brought huge losses to the lives and property of Chinese workers. 1855…… In 1876, there were 262 murders of Chinese workers alone. Due to the constraints of the anti-Chinese forces, local governments in the United States often do nothing and allow the rioters to do their own thing, resulting in the emergence of incidents of anti-Chinese in an endless stream.

The protection of expatriates is not only an unshirkable responsibility of the government, but also a symbol of national dignity. This is why some governments often protect expatriates more than they do for their native residents. However, this principle did not apply to the Qing government at that time.

In the early days of the United States, the Qing government had no sense of protecting Chinese workers at all. For a long time, the Qing government has adopted a policy of banning the sea to prevent people from going to sea to make a living, and regarded the Chinese who went to sea without permission as "abandoned people".

However, with the arrival of Wang Hengyue, the president of the Republic of China, this situation will be curbed to the greatest extent!

Wang Hengyue and the government of the Republic of China beside him will be the most solid and powerful protectors of overseas Chinese in the United States and all overseas Chinese around the world! ）