Patriotic Chinese Leader Mr.tan Kah Kee Contemporary National Integrative Education And Its Enlightenment

Jiageng Chen, who devoted his whole life to the cause of our country’s unification, is a renowned leader of patriotic Overseas Chinese. His posthumous works are rich in thoughts and political statements concerning national unification, which makes it theoretically and practically significant to deepen our research into his views on national unification.The coming into being of Jiageng Chen’s views on national unification rooted in the social and historical conditions at that time, among which are patriotic tradition of the Chinese Nation, the development of the western capitalism, the reality of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and the miserable life of the Overseas Chinese and so on. Due to the factors just mentioned, guided by Zhongshan Sun’s Three Principles of the People, he devoted himself to the cause of maintaining National Independence and Unification, which contributed to his unique views on national unification with distinct characteristics of the times.Jiageng Chen’s views consist of three aspects, which are respectively a general understanding of the fundamental national problems concerning nation, territory, regime and sovereignty, steadfast opposition to the imperialist invasion and hegemonic intervention and the statements on how China should solve the problems related to Taiwan and eventually accomplish National Unification.Jiageng Chen’s statements on National Unification formed and developed in the times of chaos and rapid social changes, as a result of which his statements embody unique characteristics, that is. obvious heredity, distinct originality and the unavoidable limitation.Jiageng Chen’s views on National Unification, which are rich in thoughts and distinct in characteristics of the times, combined with the effort he made to accomplish National Independence and Unification, are extremely enlightening to the cause of realizing National Unification and National Rejuvenation, which, under the guidance of the CPC, attaches great importance to the Construction of Ocean Defense, strengthens Defense Construction, safeguards peaceful development, and mainly depends on the effort of the Chinese people and the help of the Overseas Chinese and their relatives who play the role of a tie or a bridge.