Abstract
Stanley Wei, Harry Poon, William Jong, Fred Wong and Arthur Gar Lok Chang were prominent members of the Australian Communist Party’s (ACP) Chinese Branch, which carried out united front work in the Chinese community and supported Australian workers boycotting trade with Japan. Through the newly formed Australian section of the Chinese Seamen’s Union, they provided support and assistance to the many Chinese seamen stranded in Australia after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and occupation of French Indo-China, British Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Comrades!: Lives of Australian Communists |
Editors | Bob Boughton, Danny Blackman, Mike Donaldson, Carmel Shute, Beverley Symons |
Place of Publication | Sydney, N.S.W. |
Publisher | SEARCH Foundation in association with The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History |
Pages | 243-246 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781876300005 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Wei, Stanley
- Communist Party of Australia
- Chinese
- Australia