{"id":5935,"date":"2026-05-05T07:31:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/?p=5935"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:18:15","slug":"book-reading-of-staring-into-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/book-reading-of-staring-into-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Reading of Staring into the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Those with elders from Zhongshan remember fondly of Joe Shoong, one of the first Chinese American millionaires who gave back to his community and the Chinese ancestral village members. He hired many Chinese Americans for his National Dollar Stores and the home grown factories which provided employment for his peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His Great Granddaughter Madelyn Postman just came out with a new book Staring into the Sun:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Madelyn is coming to Northern California for a reading and signing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, May 30, 1:30-4pm, Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/chinatown-history-book-talk-staring-into-the-sun-by-madelyn-postman-tickets-1987103112902<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, May 31, 12:30-4pm, The Pearl, Locke, Walnut Grove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/talk-story-staring-into-the-sun-tickets-1988357067514<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Those with elders from Zhongshan remember fondly of Joe Shoong, one of the first Chinese American millionaires who gave back to his community and the Chinese ancestral village members. He hired many Chinese Americans for his National Dollar Stores and the home grown factories which provided employment for his peoples. His Great Granddaughter Madelyn Postman … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-com-ann-et-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5935"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5940,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5935\/revisions\/5940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}