Background
Chew, Ng Poon was born on March 14, 1866 in Sun Ning, Canton Province, China. Son of Ng Yip and Wong (Shee) Hok.
Chew, Ng Poon was born on March 14, 1866 in Sun Ning, Canton Province, China. Son of Ng Yip and Wong (Shee) Hok.
Educational public schools, Occidental School, San Francisco, 1884-1889, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1889-1892. The Doctor of Letters, University of Pittsburgh, 1913.
He published the first Chinese language daily newspaper to be printed outside of China. Born in the Toisan district of Guangdong province in Southern China, Ng moved to California in 1881, where he first worked as a domestic servant on a ranch. He was assigned to a ministry in Los Angeles, but after a fire destroyed his mission, he decided to focus his efforts on establishing a Chinese language newspaper instead.
After a year of publishing his Los Angeles-based weekly, Hua Mei Sun Bo, Ng moved to San Francisco where he wrote the first Chinese language daily outside of China: Chung Sai Yat Pao.
His newspaper generally promoted an assimilationist viewpoint, encouraging Chinese American readers to adapt to North American values. Ng traveled the country speaking out against anti-Chinese legislation, such as the Chinese Exclusion Acting.
He also published books and pamphlets opposing discrimination against Chinese Americans. He was called "an Oriental Mark Twain".
Member Mount Hermon Association, Yick Lung Company, Dan Sang Tong Company.
Married Chun Fah, of San Francisco, May 4, 1892. Children: Mansie C., Effie B., Rose B., Edward C., Caroline B. Was placed by parents to prepare for Taoist priesthood, but converted to Christianity.