On a rainy day in April 2023, I grabbed major headlines in a highly circulated media outlet in the U.S. Chinese community.
The article title proudly blared in Chinese:
The Second Generation: “I Stand On the Shoulders of My Predecessors.”
The article accurately depicted a momentous day. My father, who escaped China to Hong Kong and eventually immigrated to the United States, successfully organized and fundraised for the construction of a monument to honor those who lost their lives while fleeing China during the 1960s and 70s.