{"id":3677,"date":"2023-07-07T21:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yzzks.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/07\/%e6%b8%a9%e5%b7%9e%e4%ba%8c%e4%bb%a3%e8%a6%81%e5%bd%93%e5%8a%a0%e8%93%ac%e6%80%bb%e7%bb%9f%e4%ba%86\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T10:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T02:19:42","slug":"%e6%b8%a9%e5%b7%9e%e4%ba%8c%e4%bb%a3%e8%a6%81%e5%bd%93%e5%8a%a0%e8%93%ac%e6%80%bb%e7%bb%9f%e4%ba%86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yzzks.com\/en\/asian-newsmakers\/3677\/","title":{"rendered":"\"The second generation of Wenzhou is going to be the president of Gabon."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tToday we're going to talk about someone.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tJean? Ping (<span>Jean Ping<\/span>), a politician from the Gabonese Republic of Africa.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tHe is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon, having served as the first<span>59<\/span>President of the United Nations General Assembly, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, etc.<span>&#8230;.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tAnd now, he's announced he's going to be president!<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tAccording to Hong Kong media reports, the son of Chinese immigrants with Chinese ancestry in Wenzhou, Jean? Ping (<span>Jean Ping<\/span>)<span>8<\/span>moon<span>28<\/span>On the morning of March 1, the President of Gabon claimed victory in the presidential elections that had taken place the day before.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tYes, you read that right, a \"Wenzhou II\" is going to be elected president. His father, Cheng Zhiping, is a Chinese businessman.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t<strong>A Wenzhou man marries a chief's daughter and has a son who wants to be \"president.\"<\/strong><span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tOn the morning before the rainy season in 1942, a ritual was held in a small village called Gonkou, in the tropical jungle of southern Gabon, to pray for the successful delivery of the daughter of a tribal chief.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tThe baby's cry brought the drumming to an abrupt halt. The newborn's skin color and looks were not quite like those of the clan. But the villagers didn't seem to notice this; the mere fact that a boy had been born into the chief's family was enough to send them into a frenzy.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tThis little boy is Jean Ping. Ping\". The boy's father, Cheng Zhi Ping, is a yellow-skinned businessman from Wenzhou, China.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tIn 1929, a persistent drought coupled with an insect infestation caused the price of rice in China at the time to skyrocket with the poor committing suicide and the disaster was so severe that it was the first time for the<span>60<\/span>not seen in years. The people affected by the famine amounted to<span>40<\/span>As many as 10,000,000, people with a little bit of savings are trying to find ways to try their luck overseas.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tthe current year<span>19<\/span>Like his fellow townspeople, Cheng Zhiping, aged 17, had to leave his old house in the town of Linjiang, Wenzhou, for France to earn a living.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tHowever the reality is not as good as imagined. Cheng Zhi Ping worked in France only enough money to make ends meet. The three-year period agreed with his family came to an end, did not earn money Cheng Zhiping feel ashamed to go back to see his hometown parents, he decided to find another way to find gold.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tHe followed his countrymen by boat to Gabon, then a French colony in Africa.<span>&#8230;<\/span>Became the first Chinese in Gabon<span>&#8230;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tIn the beginning, life was naturally difficult because of the language barrier. They picked up wholesale porcelain and small hardware from France and sold them along the streets, from the streets to the countryside. Later, when the owner of the only bakery in the area passed away, Cheng Zhi Ping took over the bakery and supplied baked bread to the local Europeans. At the same time, he also ended his wandering life as a grocer and began to settle in Gabon.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tTwo years later, life gradually took off and Cheng and his fellow villagers, unable to rest on their laurels, decided to switch to the fishing industry.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tGabon's Port-Gentil is located by the sea, and fish is one of the main foods for its inhabitants. The two Wenzhou men changed from bakers to fishermen. Because of their brilliant minds and down-to-earth determination, Cheng Zhi Ping soon became the most capable and competent person in town.<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tHe set up his own lumber mill, married the daughter of the chief of the local Mienne tribe, and set down roots in Gabon.<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tIn 1942, their child was born. When the child was a month old, Cheng Zhi Ping respected his wife's Catholicism and took his son to the church to be baptized, where the priest gave the child his Christian name, \"Jean\", together with the word \"Ping\" in Cheng's own name. So the villagers called the child \"Jean\" and \"Ping\". Ping\".<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tlast century<span>50<\/span>At the beginning of the decade, during a global market crisis, Western companies were laying off workers, but Cheng Zhi Ping didn't abandon a single worker, he chose to work with the local workers to tide over the difficult times. After the crisis, many Western companies were unable to recruit people to resume work, while Cheng's company became the leader of Gabon's timber industry by not abandoning its workers.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tAfter getting rich, Cheng Zhiping still goes around doing good, helping villagers to build roads, buy ferries, build hospitals ......<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tThen later, he began to receive letters of request from the people of Edinbue State for him to be the Speaker of the House of Assembly one after another and was elected for two terms without any doubt.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t1985.<span>71<\/span>Ching, who died of organ failure at the age of 18, was buried wearing the First Presidential Medal and was given a state funeral.<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t<strong>Gabon presidential election: ex-brother-in-law \"fights\" against brother-in-law<\/strong><span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tJean? Ping graduated from university and was hired by UNESCO instead of inheriting the estate as his father had hoped.<span>1978<\/span>He entered the Gabonese diplomatic service in 2007 when he was appointed Counselor at the Gabonese Embassy in France.<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tSince the 1980s, Jean Ping has held key positions in the Cabinet of the Gabonese Government. Jean Ping began to hold key positions in the Cabinet of the Gabonese Government.<span>1991<\/span>Appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Francophonie in 2007.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tIn 2004, Jean Ping was selected as the winner of the Ping was selected as the first<span>59<\/span>The President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.<span>2008<\/span>He was elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission in 2007. He became a close political friend of former President Bongo Sr. and married his eldest daughter and had two children before divorcing.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tAli Bongo was elected president. After his election to the presidency, Bongo and Jean Ping, who had worked together for many years in the old Bongo government, drifted apart. The two eventually parted ways. Jean Ping left the ruling Democratic Party and became a member of the Bongo Jr. government. Ping left the ruling Democratic Party and became a critic of the Bongo Jr. government.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tHe began to publicly voice his criticism, \"Gabon is like the Titanic, heading for an iceberg while the band on board continues to play.\"<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tAnd both have now declared themselves winners of the general election and accused the other of cheating. Jean? Ping is even more outspoken, stating that as of now, the general tendency of the vote is in his favor.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\tThe \"second generation of Wenzhou\", who has visited China many times and returned to his hometown several times to visit his family, is expected to win over his rivals to become the new leader of Gabon.<span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:center;text-indent:2em;\">\n\t<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent:2em;\">\n\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we're going to talk about someone. Jean? 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