The contribution of the Deng Xiangyuan family to the history of the Chinese in Alberta (2)

The contribution of the Deng Xiangyuan family to the history of the Chinese in Alberta (2) Deng Xinping is Deng Sheng’s sixth son and Deng Xiangyuan’s great-nephew. Deng Xinping was born in 1922…

>Deng Xinping was Deng Sheng’s sixth son and Deng Xiangyuan’s nephew. Deng Xinping was born in Phoenix on January 11, 1922, and attended public schools as a teenager. After the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the Army and participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps. In 1942, at the age of 20, Deng Xinping became a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. During the Anti-Japanese War in China, he was sent to China to help China improve its military equipment on the Sino-Burmese border, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places, and recover related facilities from the Japanese army (Note 1). He was one of two Chinese soldiers in Arizona who went directly back to the anti-Japanese front line in China to fight against the Japanese invaders. (The other one is Deng Tongzhen.)

After the victory of World War II, he returned to the United States to attend college and graduated from the University of California at Santa Clara in 1947. He later participated in the Korean War and was promoted to captain. He then returned to the United States and received a law degree from the University of Arizona. Became one of only three Chinese-American lawyers in Arizona at the time. In 1952, Deng Xinping served as the deputy prosecutor of Maricopa County, Arizona. In 1956, he served as the deputy attorney general of Arizona. From 1960 to 1962, he was elected as a Phoenix City Councilman. In 1962, he served as the deputy mayor of Phoenix City. From 1962 to 1968, he served as a judge of the Superior Court of Arizona. In 1977, he was elected president of the Arizona State Bar Association. On August 26, 1977, he was appointed by President Carter as a judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States (Circuit Judge), and was confirmed by the Federal Senate. Circuit judges are lifelong positions, second only to Supreme Court judges, and are responsible for the legal affairs of ten states including Western Washington, California, Arizona, and Nevada. He served as a circuit judge for 16 years. People commented on him as: calm and gentlemanly. He advocated individual rights and the development of ethnic minorities in the legal profession. He wrote 400 opinions on American Indian law, labor rights, and other issues. Deng Xinping is the first Chinese-American to hold this position. His status in the American legal profession has not been surpassed by other Chinese (Note 3) (Note 4).

In addition to Deng Xinping's high reputation in the American political and legal circles, there is also "The American Legion of Arizona Thomas Tang Post 50" named after him.

In 1950, the "Alberta Chinese Soldiers' Association" was formed by 44 retired Chinese from Alberta, including three Hispanics, and Deng Xinping was one of the founders. Deng Xinping died in 1995 at the age of 73. In order to commemorate his political achievements, the "Alberta Chinese Veterans Association?#22240; was renamed the "Deng Xinping Veterans Association?#65288; Note 5).

In the book "Deng Xinping Veterans Association", it is recorded that two Chinese soldiers in Alberta participated in World War I; 79 Chinese soldiers in World War II, and Chinese soldiers who participated in other wars. I checked the history of Chinese military service in Alberta and found that there were more than 40 officers and soldiers named Deng. Among the six martyrs, three were descendants of the Deng family (Note 6). The book "Deng Xinping Veterans Association" has more than 200 pages and contains many touching and touching stories. The Deng family has made very positive contributions in the history of Chinese people in Alberta, whether in the military, politics or legal circles.

Note 1: Deng Xinping http://baike.baidu.com/view/4259320.htm Note 2: Deng Xinping's "Kaiping Celebrities Gathering" No. 195 - Kaiping City Library Note 3, Note 4: Thomas Tang: wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tang; By WOLFGANG SAXON Published July 21, 1995 Note 5 , Note 6: KC Tang: "The American Legion of Arizona Thomas Tang Post 50 1997

Pictures of Justice Deng Xinping and "Alberta Veterans Association Deng Xinping" are excerpted from the book.

>Justice Thomas Tang

Chinese soldiers went to China to participate in the Anti-Japanese War

Japan surrendered in World War II