What should William Kwai Sun Chow's family return to China as their gift, as the Professor's gift ... ?

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QUESTION: What should William Kwai Sun Chow's family return to China as their gift, as the Professor's gift, to China, to the people of China, and to his family and clan of 29 million to 40 million people, his being the emperor-designate or one of four possible?

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When I was a little boy, my parents would take me and deposit me with my grandparents for the day. I was taught to be a very obedient and filial child. To always listen to one's parents and to obey them, authorities, and the older ones. This I did and never have swayed. As one enters adulthood, things change tremendously!

As a child, my responsibilities were to look after grandfather and grandmother. I had to do all or most of the chores, which range from feeding the chickens to mowing the lawn and helping my grandmother make meals. I got to eat what she made, so helping grandmother, as a small boy, was a great joy!

As an American of Chinese ancestry, we were given codes to live by, both American and Chinese

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with some family values and principles from the old days from China infused. We spoke English at home and listened to our parents and grandparents speak Chinese. So, today, as adults, we, I and my cousins (including the Chun, Wong, Ho, Lum, Kwock, Ing, Chang, Kam, Wu, and other Chinese family surnames) would have an incommon culture and heritage. If an outsider entered out family circle, we would know. If someone said something different from what we were taught we would know. And our grandmother made sure that we all got martial arts training. If something different in the clan structure occurred, we would know.

The Chou Dynasty is China's current imperial dynasty and royal family. The Chou Dynasty in its most elementary form consist of four major lineages with a "son" or grandfather or "kung" in each lineage.

In 1871, my family migrated to the US and we became loyal Americans. In America our new home, we are protected by American laws and we are not looked down upon as

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second-class citizens.

Most of America would be very proud to learn that China's royal family (Imperial family) are of their own making and "race" that we believe in democratic freedoms, justice, and Christian values and principles.

When we return to China, we will speak well of America, about its people, and we will speak well of our treatment here. That America is a very good nation and that its people are very just and kind as this has been how we were treated in this nation. We will advocate that China adopt American values and principles and that we, China, must change from being a communist system to a democratic one.

Americans are good people and our treatment here has been good. That true justice rest with America and its people, in their lifestyle and in the standards that they keep.

When they ask us about Professor Chow (William Kwai Sun Chow), our mouths will be silent and we will have nothing to bring back home to the Professor's family in China. His

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When they ask us about Professor Chow (William Kwai Sun Chow), our mouths will be silent and we will have nothing to bring back home to the Professor's family in China. His and our clan numbers between 29 million to 40 million people.

His grandfather's family is still alive in mainland China.

We are the moderates, quietly and secretly, America's ally in China. We are your guys in Asia as we are not communist. We could rightly ask, what gifts do we bring home to China? Good gifts from a loving people or negations, taunts, and harsh, bad feelings for all of our work in supporting the United States of America loyally for the past 130 years!

Three generations of our existence in America and three generations employed by the US Navy.

America is a good land that treats people well, kindly, with justice, and with honor.

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Answer 1

The America you live in is not the one I live in.

The one I live in treats my people and culture as "the help" and expendable. I am Native American.

I teach martial arts. I have noticed that "Americans" treat Asian people like royalty. When we bring our Kancho here no one even allows their shadow to touch his.

You say that America treats people with honor and respect. I only see that with certain classes of people.

All of the hispanic people in America are Natives of this land. North, Central and South America ARE ONE LAND and the Native People of the North, Central and South ARE ONE FAMILY!

This includes Mexicans who America calls WETBACKS and TACO BENDERS!

It includes Puerto Ricans who America calls SPICS!... who are the first of the Natives to encounter and become enslaved by Columbus, who are the Arawak Nation-Taino Tribe.

I understand what you are saying, but it has been the experience of your people in recent times. When the Chinese first came to America, they were treated like dogs.

The past is the past, so they say, but today, my people continue to be treated like second, third and fourth class citizens.

Anyone who says different is in denial or is an "American".

Since 1492, the actions of the colonizers have been the same. Go to small neighboring countries and turn people from one side of the hill against the people of the other side, then come in like heroes to "install democracy".

In case you did not know, true democracy existed here in our land within my people before the "age of discovery".

Again, I understand what you are saying and why, but I am talking from my own reality and the reality of my Ancestors.

I appreciate how you traced your lineages back to the Hebrews.

We Native People are also Hebrews, descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

My people don't know this because we have been "rased"; our identity was erased by the boarding school education.

This is the true meaning of Annihilation.

As far as the gift is concerned, the fact that you made it your responsibility to trace back your ancestry and want to reconcile your family's heritage.

That is the greatest gift.