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« Thread Started on Nov 4, 2003, 2:17pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi wrote a piece about how Chinese immigrants were treated terribly. He was one Chinese person who did fight back, but not in a violent way, more in a peaceful way. He wanted for the Chinese to be respected. He is a Chinese fighter against intolerance that not many people have ever heard of. I think he was very brave doing what he did. Not many people would have done that. If I white industrialist read this, he would be very angry and would probably have Pun Chi killed.
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« Reply #1 on Nov 4, 2003, 6:29pm »		[Quote]
"We Chinese are viewed like thieves and enemies" said Pun Chi. Pun Chi was a Chinese man who fought for the rights of Chinese people in a peaceful way instead of a violent way. He also said "To the death of how many of us had it lead! In the case that brought before your offices of justice, in as much as we are unable to obtain your peole as witnesses, even the murderer is immediately set free." He thinks that the Congress shold be the one protecting Chinese immgriants becuase it was them who wanted the Chinese to come and the chinese did come but they were discriminated. :'(
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« Reply #2 on Nov 4, 2003, 9:04pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi is a young Chinese merchant who stood up to the government by writing an appeal to them just for Chinese to have the same equal rights as others. He is doing this not just to help himself, but other Chinese, seeing they get discriminated by what they call the “white demons.” He is somehow related to the Big Question. He is shown as someone brave fighting back for people like him when others are too afraid. That is similar to what Mary Dyer and Harriet Jacobs did trying to help everyone.
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« Reply #3 on Nov 4, 2003, 10:43pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi was a young Chinese Immigrant that spoke up to the government about their laws, he did it by writing a letter to them asking for the chinese man to get equal rights just like everybody else. Not only did Pun Chi do this for him self, he did it for all Chinese Immigrants that suffered discrimination in the U.S. In a way he is sort of related to Mary Dyer, because they both stood up for what they belived in.
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« Reply #4 on Nov 4, 2003, 11:42pm »		[Quote]
Pun chi was a person who wanted to help the Chinese gain back their rights and not be oppressed anymore. But he didn't do it in a violent way, he did it by writing to the Government telling them to stop the discrimination. He didn't do it in a violent way, unlike Nat Turner but he did it in a similar way as Harriet Jacobs. By writing, he's telling someone to do something about the issue, and he's also doing this for the benefitical of all the Chinese.
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« Reply #5 on Nov 5, 2003, 5:49pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi was a man who wanted discrimination against the Chinese to stop. He did something but not in a violent way, instead he used words and superstitions to fight against discrimination. He believed in god, and thought that God welcomes the Chinese more than the others. He talked to the Congress about giving the Chinese more protection once in a while. He was a man that didn't accept intolerance but accepted peacefulness in the world. He reflects all the people we have studied because they all stood up for what they believed in.
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« Reply #6 on Nov 5, 2003, 6:57pm »		[Quote]
The sincere and gracious attention of your honorable body is earnestly requested to the consideration of certain matters important to our peace as foreigners, the following statements of which may be relied upon as certainly true and correct:
We are natives of the empire of China, each following some employment or profession—literary men, farmers, mechanics or merchants. When your honorable government threw open the territory of California, the people of other lands were welcomed here to search for gold and to engage in trade. The ship-masters of your respected nation came over to our country, lauded the equality of your laws, extolled the beauty of your manners and customs, and made it known that your officers and people were extremely cordial toward the Chinese. Knowing well the harmony which had existed between our respective governments, we trusted in your sincerity. Not deterred by the long voyage, we came here presuming that our arrival would be hailed with cordiality and favor. But, alas! what times are these! —when former kind relations are forgotten, when we Chinese are viewed like thieves and enemies, when in the administration of justice our testimony is not received, when in the legal collection of the licenses we are injured and plundered, and villains of other nations are encouraged to rob and do violence to us! Our numberless wrongs it is most painful even to recite. At the present time, if we desire to quit the country, we are not possessed of the pecuniary means; if allowed to remain, we dread future troubles. But yet, on the other hand, it is our presumption that the conduct of the officers of justice here has been influenced by temporary prejudices and that your honorable government will surely not uphold their acts. We are sustained by the confidence that the benevolence of your eminent body, contemplating the people of the whole world as one family, will most assuredly not permit the Chinese population without guilt to endure injuries to so cruel a degree. We would therefore present the following twelve subjects for consideration at your bar. We earnestly pray that you would investigate and weigh them; that you would issue instructions to your authorities in each State that they shall cast away their partial and unjust practices, restore tranquillity to us strangers, and that you would determine whether we are to leave the country or to remain. Then we will endure ensuing calamities without repining, and will cherish for you sincere gratitude and most profound respect.
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« Reply #7 on Nov 5, 2003, 8:13pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi was a Chinese woman who was the complete opposite of what a nationalist was. She didn't think America was perfect because of their intolerance. She thought that the government had a very weak foundation and was relentless and unmerciful to the Chinese. She was one of the few to stand up and protest that the government should change. She was a lot like Mary Dyer and Harriet Jacobs because of her strong voice and strong beliefs.
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« Reply #8 on Nov 5, 2003, 8:54pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi was a Chinese immigrant that wrote a letter to Congress saying how bad they were treating the Chinese, and how racist they were. Once I start reading the story about Pun Chi, I can't stop think about the Declaration of Independence. The letter from Pun Chi to the Congress is just like the Declaration of Independence from America to England. Both of them talks about stop treating us so badly, stop discriminating us. Well, isn't that what the Congress is doing to the Chinese Immigrants. I always think that the Americans were hypocrites, they don't want to be treated badly and yet they treat other people just the way they didn't want to be treated. Pun Chi was related to our Big Question because he is struggling though the discriminations that are against him and other Chinese Immigrants. I think that is really brave because you'll never know what the government can do to you when you in a way insult them like that.

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« Reply #9 on Nov 5, 2003, 8:54pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi was a Chinese woman who fought back in a non-violent way. She wrote a piece about how bad intolerance against Chinese people are. Mainly, if she was caught with the piece by white people, she may go to jail or get hanged.
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« Reply #10 on Nov 5, 2003, 9:00pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi was a chinese merchant that fought against the American laws/Acts that were passed. He went agianst them because they were made to discriminate against the chinese or exclude them from America. Today, he is an Assistant Professor in China. Hw is working with someone named Moon-Cheun Lee. He was one of those people that didn't accept intolerance where he is at. He didn't like the way the Congress treated the Chinese. Leaving them out of the activities (voting, owning business, etc....). So Pun Chi went up to the Congress to ask for the respect of the Chinese. He was very brave because not many Chinese people is courageous enough to go up to the Congress and say it to their faces.
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« Reply #11 on Nov 5, 2003, 10:13pm »		[Quote]
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PUnchi was a fighter. He stood up for his convictions. He wrote a piece on how chinese people were writen cruel. For example, that is like when Jacob Riis took pictures of how badly Immigrants were taken care off.
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« Reply #12 on Nov 5, 2003, 11:38pm »		[Quote]
Pun Chi is a young chinese merchant who wrote a appeals to congress to protect the rights of chinese. It related to our big question because it shows how chinese struggle against oppression. It is very brave for someone to do such thing. Although I don't think his appeals works but it's still a good thing for the Americans to know that we should all had the equal rights.
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« Reply #13 on Nov 20, 2003, 6:18pm »		[Quote]
PUN CHI IS NO 'SHE'. HE IS A MAN.
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« Reply #14 on Nov 20, 2003, 9:27pm »		[Quote]
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