In autumn 1931, Ji Hongchang as the twenty-second Route Army commander-in-chief of time, have been forced to go abroad for a visit. Before going abroad, has shocked China and foreign countries " September 18" incident, the Japanese imperialists invaded the Northeast china. Jiang Jieshi to keep his anti-Japanese activities, Libi he " family abroad ", " military expedition ", but actually took his army, his exile abroad.
In the United States of New York, once, he dressed in a uniform, with a subordinate people walking in the street, suddenly someone stopped him deliberately asked: " are you Japanese?! " Ji Hongchang told the interpreter answered: "no, I'm chinese! " The other shook her head in disbelief: " Chinese? The sick man of Asia, is impossible to have such tall, tall soldier ... ... " Once again, he went to New York by a post office to send things, where staff and asks, but already knows. Said: " where are you from? " My father shouted: " I'm chinese! " The other said: " at the map could not find a Chinese. "
One after another by such ridicule and insult, made him very angry, even the food to eat. He says gravely: " insult me Ji Hongchang I, I don't care, but we are the representatives of China to the United States to study, the insulted our whole nation, whole nation! " Said: " the next time out, take the ' I'm Chinese ' brand, and let the foreign friends know Chinese is compassionate, a history of five thousand years of civilization of the Chinese nation will be revitalized! "
Sure enough, he uses straw board made a half feet long rectangle of the brand, to write " I'm Chinese characters, " and in English on the below. He's a chest, stalked through the crowd, shows the pride of the Chinese nation.
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