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Michael Williams and translator Ely Finch identified Wong as its author while preparing the first English translation of the novel. Wong was a member of the
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Wong also held feminist views and advocated for women's education and political rights. In 1921, he secured permission from Sun Yatsen to waive membership fees for female members of the
Australian branches of the Kuomintang, and to allow women to join party committees.
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Wong Shee Ping was born in
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newspaper before joining its editorial staff and becoming editor of the paper in 1914. With fellow republican Lew Goot-Chee he established the Young China League in
Melbourne in 1911. He later moved to Sydney, where he was editor of the
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Australia, or whether he kept in touch with his wife Cissie after his departure. There are few known records of his activities after 1931. He died in his home county Kaiping in 1948.
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January 1923 Wong married Ellen Louisa (Cissie) Sam in Melbourne. Their daughter Maude Florence (Bonnie) Shee Ping was born later the same year. He was also survived by a wife and child in Kaiping in 1948.
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newspaper's editorial staff at the time the story was published. The novel is set in Guangdong, Melbourne, and the goldfields during the
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