{
  "id": 13726170,
  "title": "‘A Hawaiian son’: Honolulu honours Sun Yat-sen as his landmarks vanish",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/a-hawaiian-son-honolulu-honours-sun-yat-sen-as-his-landmarks-vanish-13726170",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-11T13:34:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3370412/hawaiian-son-honolulu-honours-sun-yat-sen-his-landmarks-vanish"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Honolulu honored Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) on November 1, marking the 160th anniversary of his birth. The city unveiled a mural, held a lei-draping ceremony, and led walking tours to reflect on his years in Hawaii. Sun first arrived in 1876 at age 12 or 13, staying on Maui with his elder brother. He later resided in Honolulu's King Street area, where followers once met in secret basements and a bank clerk's house. In 1894, about 20 men gathered to form the Revive China Society, pledging to overthrow the Qing dynasty. Sun's birth certificate, revealing his birth in Hawaii, helped him bypass immigration barriers in the U.S. In 1904, he traveled to San Francisco to gather funds for the revolution, using his Hawaii birth certificate to avoid the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Hawaii, once called the gateway to Asia, played a significant role in Sun's journey, with many early Chinese immigrants hailing from his birth county. Sun's influence in Hawaii was not universal, with historians noting a slower and more divided support system.",
  "summary": "Eddie Flores pressed the button at a pedestrian crossing on King Street, then pointed across the road. In the spring of 1910, Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen lodged over there, on the second floor of a shop owned by a friend and fellow party member. “It’s no longer there,” said Flores, chairman of the restaurant chain L&L Hawaiian Barbecue. “But we can more or less point out where the building…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "‘A Hawaiian son’: Honolulu honours Sun Yat-sen as his landmarks vanish",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/a-hawaiian-son-honolulu-honours-sun-yat-sen-as-his-landmarks-vanish",
        "published": "2026-10-11T13:34:38.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}