Updates

July 14, 2009

2009-07-14T20:06:00.000-07:00

Various pages throughout the site received updates, including the contact page and the page providing links to other websites.

June 22, 2009

2009-06-22T16:48:00.000-07:00

Today I changed the links on the main page into RSS feeds. Previously, I had to update (and upload) the main page to reflect new posts on the three Blogger hosted pages. This change should make keeping this site current immeasurably easier.

January 09, 2009

2009-01-09T14:34:00.000-08:00

The page hosting the archive received some attention; I changed the way the texts were organized by redoing the format. Hopefully this will make it easier to tell when and where a text came from and, ultimately, make it more useful for those who use this site as a reference.

November 17, 2008

2008-11-17T20:20:00.000-08:00

Yung Wing was born on November 17, 1828 in Nanping, Jiangjunshan, China, making today Yung Wing's 180th birthday. Four years ago, Hartford's mayor Eddie A. Perez honored Yung Wing by making November 17, 2004 Yung Wing Day. I am unsure whether Perez intended every November 17 to be Yung Wing Day or just that date in 2004. His letter (from then) reads, "In recognition of Yung Wing's contributions to the City of Hartford and China, as Mayor of the City of Hartford, on behalf of its citizens and government, I am honoured to proclaim November 17, 2004 as 'Yung Wing Day' in the City of Hartford." I searched The Hartford Courant for any birthday coverage of Yung Wing today... nothing. Yale Daily News... also nothing. The only press coverage I found remembering Yung Wing is out of China. Not surprising.

The Yung Wing Project was updated for the occassion.Rhe page hosting the texts received a makeover: now the documents are organized by date instead of importance and the date and source are now included in the summary of the text. The bibliography was also updated, as was the visual materials page.

November 15, 2008

2008-11-15T00:23:00.000-08:00

Two more texts from The New York Times have been added to the archive. One deals with Yale's 1876 graduation ceremony, the other Yale's 1902 Commencement Day:

Among the Colleges
On Yale's Commencement Day in 1876, Yung Wing received his honorary LL.D.

Old Yale's Commencement
Yung Wing was a guest of honor at Yale's 1902 graduation ceremony.

October 17, 2008

2008-10-17T13:57:00.000-07:00

An FAQ has been added to the contact page.

October 2, 2008

2008-10-02T13:50:00.000-07:00

The Yung Wing Project is now accepting donations! Please help support us by following the link on the main page.

October 2, 2008

2008-10-02T12:01:00.000-07:00

No new material this time around, instead I edited several pages of the site. I updated the bibliography and added a few links. Basically, consolidated the news of the past few months.

September 19, 2008

2008-09-19T12:03:00.000-07:00

Here's a short selection I found from 1898:

Building Railroads in China
Two paragraphs on the resolution of the German-American conflict over the rights to build specific railroads in China.

August 23, 2008

2008-08-23T16:06:00.000-07:00

Five articles, mostly from The New York Times, have been added to the archive:

The Chinese Embassy
Announcing the arrival of Chen Lan Pin and the return of Yung Wing to the United States, the article provides a short character profile of both men.

Yung Wing Marries a Connecticut Lady
A short description of Yung Wing's marriage to Mary Kellogg of Avon, Connecticut.

Yung Wing's Railroad Deal
A brief update on the negotiations over the rights to build the Tientsin-Chung King railroad.

Dr. Yung Wing Dies
Yung Wing's obituary from The New York Times.

Address on Chinese Work & Address of Hon. Yung Wing
Two selections that, while include commentary on Yung Wing, cover mostly the topic of Chinese laborers in America.

August 11, 2008

2008-08-11T15:41:00.001-07:00

Two articles, both from The New York Times, have been added to the archive:

Yung Wing A Yale Man
Even though the byline suggests that the article covers Yung Wing's duality in relation to his wife and sons, it is more a summary of his diplomatic efforts.

The Life Story of Dr. Yung Wing by Kiyoshi K. Kawakami
Less about Yung Wing's life story and more about the author's point of view, he uses Yung Wing's autobiography to support his claims that China is corrupt and ailing.

August 11, 2008

2008-08-11T14:32:00.000-07:00

I received a few emails that the website looked a little off when viewed with Firefox. I have since fixed the coding errors, so the layout should be identical when viewed with any of the major browsers.

July 29, 2008

2008-07-29T09:02:00.000-07:00

After a long renovation, The Yung Wing Project has finally relaunched. This expansion has taken over a year and a half now, though, even in this form, the site isn't 100% ready. I still have to write detailed biographies. I also need to include profiles for each of the CEM children. I figure publishing a fully functional website now would be better than waiting to finish a decked-out, polished copy in the who-knows-how-distant-future.

One of the regrets I've had regarding the expansion, and the main reason why I chose not to completely finish the site before updating, was how the project has stagnated erstwhile. I simply did not (and do not) have the time to work on both versions, as I was coding and designing an entirely new website on top of doing research.

The goal is to keep The Yung Wing Project fairly well updated. I want this to be the premier site for all things Yung Wing.

I'll keep you posted.