China Overseas Chinese Network, June 16th, title: It was them who raised the first five-star red flag in the Americas!

　　do you know?

　　On October 1, 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was proclaimed and the overseas Chinese from all over the world rejoiced, a five-star red flag was also raised on the other side of the earth. This was the first time the five-star red flag appeared in the Americas. Earth.

　　This five-star red flag comes from the Federation of Overseas Chinese Clothing Stores in New York.

It was established in New York in 1933 to unite overseas Chinese laundry workers and fight for their legitimate rights and interests. After its establishment, in the spirit of opposing discrimination and saving the country and self-help, it will share honor and disgrace with the country and continue to develop conference affairs.

　　During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Association launched a fundraising campaign against Japan to purchase ambulances and medicinal materials for the Eighth Route Army soldiers who had fought in the bloody war in the country; founded the "American Overseas Chinese Daily" to publicize the policies and policies of the anti-Japanese national united front, and inspire the enthusiasm and confidence of the majority of overseas Chinese in resisting Japan and saving the country. , Also sent a group of young people to the U.S. Air Force for training, nurturing them to return to the country to participate in the war, and dedication to a heart.

　　In 1949, in order to celebrate the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Clothing Federation obtained the specific size of the New China’s national flag through Hong Kong’s "Chinese Business Daily" and commissioned an old American clothing company established in 1847 to produce two five-star red flags with high-quality wool. Raise them in the center of New York's Chinatown.

　　As "McCarthyism" prevailed in the United States at that time, the pressure on this move can be imagined. Four members of the clothing association were implicated in the incident and two of them were killed.

　　Today, when we look closely at this five-star red flag, we will find that the positions and angles of the four small stars are somewhat different from those of the new Chinese flag. It is inevitable that the information they see will be produced differently, but this does not harm their innocence and patriotism in the slightest.

　　As Chen Jintang, the head of the visiting delegation of the Federation of Clothes and a veteran of the "Flying Tigers" at the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 2009, said, “This five-star red flag represents the love of all patriotic overseas Chinese in the Americas for the motherland. There are tears and sweat".

　　(Author: Liu Xihan; ID: qiaowangzhongguo)