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Overlooked No More: Hong Yen Chang, Lawyer Who Challenged a Racist System
Overlooked No More: Hong Yen Chang, Lawyer Who Challenged a Racist System

New York Times

time06-06-2025

  • General
  • New York Times

Overlooked No More: Hong Yen Chang, Lawyer Who Challenged a Racist System

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Before Hong Yen Chang graduated from Columbia Law School in New York, he was breaking barriers just by being there. Before he became the first Chinese person allowed to practice law in the United States, he had to wrangle with New York's judiciary for permission. Before he could protect Chinese immigrants in court, he studied tirelessly to master a legal system that was not inclined to welcome him. Essentially, Chang realized that before he could help anyone else, he had to help himself. Chang was born on Dec. 20, 1859 (some records say 1860), in what was then called Heungshan, a prosperous district in Southern China connected to the Portuguese port of Macau. His father, Shing Tung Chang, was a merchant who died when Hong Yen was a child; his mother was Yee Shee. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.

Southern China Braces for Heavy Rain as Wheat Belt Drought Eases
Southern China Braces for Heavy Rain as Wheat Belt Drought Eases

Bloomberg

time27-05-2025

  • Climate
  • Bloomberg

Southern China Braces for Heavy Rain as Wheat Belt Drought Eases

Southern China is bracing for heavy rain that's set to replenish soil moisture in some parched agricultural regions, following storms last week that provided relief for wheat farmers in the north of the country. Provinces including Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Yunnan are facing torrential rain of more than 250 millimeters (10 inches) from Wednesday through Friday, according to the China Meteorological Administration. Heavy precipitation is also forecast for Guangxi, where drought has parched sugarcane crops.

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