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Lee Surname Wuyi Diaspora: A Thousand Years from Longxi to Gold Mountain
{{FIG:fig_01}} One hundred million people alive today carry the surname 李 (Lǐ). If they were a nation, they would be the fourteenth largest on Earth — more populous than Egypt, Vietnam, or Germany. The character appears on mailboxes from San Francisco to Singapore, on tombstones in the goldfields of Ballarat, on business cards in Vancouver,…
Historical photograph of 宁阳会馆 (Ning Yeung Wui Kuan) Singapore's first Chinese clan association founded in 1822, showing the original building facade with traditional Chinese architectural elements
Singapore-Taishan Migration History: Two Centuries of Connection
Singapore-Taishan Migration History: Two Centuries of Connection How migrants from one Guangdong county helped build a nation—and maintained a bond that spans 200 years. {{FIG:fig_map_1819}} In May 1822, a Taishanese carpenter named Cao Yazhi (曹亚志) gathered fellow migrants from his hometown to form 宁阳会馆 (Ning Yeung Wui Kuan)—Singapore's first clan association. Two hundred years later,…