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A figure in the first Republic of China and the Wuchang uprising, he was assassinated in Canada on his way back from a fund raising trip to the US. in 1918. There's a bit of info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baohuang_Hui Usually spelled Tang Hualong.

Faint 1913 date is inscribed in reverse on the negative.

Jim Rees and Wystan: Thanks for the information! By searching the name as "Tang Hualong," I found a bit more biographical information here: http://rulers.org/indext1.html. By flipping the date in image software, it appears to be 9/11/13. We'll add the information when we update the source record.

LOC -- I believe that is a 7, not a 9.

A cropped version of this photo ran in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 03, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Image 61 with the caption "Tang Hua Long, one of the prominent leaders In Chinese political affairs, has recently allied himself with the prevailing government at Pekin, and has become chairman, of the Assembly of the Chinese Parliament. Since the beginning of the change In the Chinese government, he has been one of the chief figures In the important events. He formerly was Governor of the province of Tupeh, and was president of the rebel government in Wu Chang." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1913-08-03/ed-1/se...

Born 1894 in Honolulu. His minor league record: www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=lai---002wil More about him: www.thediamondangle.com/archive/june02/laitin.html There's a photo of him posing with Babe Ruth here: books.google.com/books?id=oKRcQzfWATMC&lpg=PA43&o... Scroll to the next page for a photo of Buck Lai with Ty Cobb. Caption says "Cobb, an unabashed bigot, evidently warmed to the Chinese infielder."

Also see notes under:

A Mr. James H. Lee was manager of Lee Brothers Importing and Exporting Company of Shanghai, China; he was a member of the Honorary Commercial Commission of the Republic of China, making a tour of the US in June 1915. They toured Edison's Orange NJ factory in June 1915, and Western Electric in Chicago and New York, and Wsestinghouse in East Pittsburgh, and General ELectric in Schenectady. books.google.com/books?id=Z2sfAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22J.%20H.%... books.google.com/books?id=ee1YAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA783&... books.google.com/books?id=RY0wAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA35&o...

Here is a group from the Chinese commission arriving for their visit with Edison on June 8, 1915

This is K.F. Shah, (Kai Fu Shah)(Xia Xiefu), China's ambassador to the U.S., who also attended some events with the Commission.

Thanks to both of you for linking this photo of a member of the trade commission with the group photo. We'll add some of that information to the record the next time we update.

www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96197297

Richard Norton: Thanks for the link. We will include more information about Lee and the commission next time we update.