My Life in China and America · Character
Wong Shing
A Chinese student educated in America who wins over Shanghai's merchant class with a single well-translated epitaph.
supporting
Also known as Shing
First appearance: v my college days
As a supporting figure in My Life in China and America, Wong Shing is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
One of the first five pupils, he is among the three who volunteer to go to America with Brown.
Wong Shing drifts through Shanghai's commercial world after his American education, translating to survive and to widen his circle among the educated and mercantile classes. When a prominent foreign firm needs an epitaph rendered into English, his version is chosen over the British Consulate's—and suddenly his name carries weight among Chinese merchants. His story shows how one man's bilingual skill can open doors that politics alone cannot.
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- Key Figures in Yung Wing's Life
- Chinese Officials and Associates
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- Closing
Yung Wing’s emotional peak is the collision between his personal honor—the joint ministership to Washington—an…
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See Wong Shing in v my college days