Han Xiu · Full chronicle and history

From 1992 to 1995, during his tenure at the AIT Kaohsiung branch in the United States, Han Xiu delivered a large number of speeches, holding about two hundred sessions over approximately three years, covering topics such as the nation, the national flag, and the Republic of China.

Han Xiu, a Chinese-language writer holding U.S. citizenship who had remained in China for about 30 years, returned to the United States in January 1978; she claimed to be the first among U.S. citizens who had remained in mainland China after 1949 to return to the United States, and she received assistance from the State Department.

Han Xiu said that after she returned to the United States, President Carter instructed the State Department to send a strong notice to the Chinese government, pointing out that it had denied more than a hundred times during the Warsaw talks that American citizens were stranded in China, and insisting that American citizens be returned before talks on establishing diplomatic relations.

Han Xiu said his father died of a fever on the flight returning from Panama to Washington.

Han Xiu said that with the launch of the Socialist Education Movement in 1964, class backgrounds were upgraded: in rural areas, middle peasants could be labeled as rich peasants and rich peasants as landlords, and many young people were consequently affected in their school advancement.

On September 19, 1948, Han Xiu arrived in Shanghai. Thereafter, she served multiple times as a messenger helping Lao She and Zhao Qingge exchange letters, and personally witnessed the experiences of Lao She and the intellectuals around him.

Han Xiu said that he returned to China after 1948, lived in China for about 30 years thereafter, and did not return to the United States until 1978.

Han Xiu was born in New York, USA, and later went through the experience of living in China and returning to the United States with his family.

Han Xiu says her father served as military attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Chongqing, responsible for keeping the Yunnan-Burma border and the Hump route open to transport resources in support of China's war of resistance against Japan.

Han Xiu said her grandfather died in 1937, and that Mei Lanfang, out of their old friendship and his help during the War of Resistance, still treated her grandmother well after 1949.