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{{Short description|Chinese-American diplomat and businesswoman}}
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| native_name = 孫穗芬
| birth_name = Eleanora Caroline Sun<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/01/31/champion-of-chinese-modernity-dies/ |title=Champion of Chinese Modernity Dies |author=Areddy, James T. |date=31 January 2011 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal. |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref>
| birth_name = Eleanora Caroline Sun<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/01/31/champion-of-chinese-modernity-dies/ |title=Champion of Chinese Modernity Dies |author=Areddy, James T. |date=31 January 2011 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal. |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|8|6}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|8|6}}
| birth_place = Shanghai, Republic of China
| birth_place = Shanghai, [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|1|29|1937|8|6}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|1|29|1937|8|6}}
| death_place = [[Taipei]], Republic of China
| death_place = [[Taipei]], Republic of China
| nationality = American
| nationality = American
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| spouse = Capt. C.W. "Connie" Seigrist (孫康威) (divorced)
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| spouse = Capt. C.W. "Connie" Seigrist (孫康威) (divorced)
| children = Steven Sun Seigrist (孫忠仁)<br/>Jeffrey Lloyd Seigrist (孫忠傑)<br/>Alan Daniel Seigrist (孫忠偉)
| children = Steven Sun Seigrist (孫忠仁)<br/>Jeffrey Lloyd Seigrist (孫忠傑)<br/>Alan Daniel Seigrist (孫忠偉)
| alma_mater = [[University of Arizona]]
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| parents = [[Sun Fo]] and Rosa Lam
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'''Nora Sun''' (August 6, 1937 – January 29, 2011) was a Chinese-American diplomat, businesswoman, illegitimate daughter of [[Sun Fo]] with his mistress Rosa Lam, and illegitimate granddaughter of [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] founder [[Sun Yat-sen]]. She was the founder of the Hong Kong-based Nora Sun Associates and a longtime resident of Shanghai, San Francisco, and Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/real_cities/9093457.stm |work=BBC News | title=Profile: Nora Sun | date=October 15, 2010}}</ref> Chinese-American entrepreneur [[Yue-Sai Kan]] called Sun a "Sino-US trade matchmaker".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://book.163.com/09/1023/14/5MALTTS400923INP_7.html |script-title=zh:[图文] 孙中山先生的婚姻与后代 |trans-title=Photo: Sun Yat-sen's marriage and offspring |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 October 2009 |website=Netease |accessdate=1 March 2015 |language=zh}}</ref>
'''Nora Sun''' (Chinese: 孫穗芬; August 6, 1937 – January 29, 2011) was a Chinese-American diplomat, businesswoman, and daughter of [[Sun Fo]] with Shanghai property developer Rosa Lam/Lan Yi, and granddaughter of [[Republic of China]] founder [[Sun Yat-sen]]. She was the founder of the Hong Kong–based Nora Sun Associates and a longtime resident of Shanghai, San Francisco, and Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/real_cities/9093457.stm |work=BBC News | title=Profile: Nora Sun | date=October 15, 2010}}</ref> Chinese-American entrepreneur [[Yue-Sai Kan]] called Sun a "Sino-US trade matchmaker".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://book.163.com/09/1023/14/5MALTTS400923INP_7.html |script-title=zh:[图文] 孙中山先生的婚姻与后代 |trans-title=Photo: Sun Yat-sen's marriage and offspring |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 October 2009 |website=Netease |accessdate=1 March 2015 |language=zh |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520045146/http://book.163.com/09/1023/14/5MALTTS400923INP_7.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Timeline==
==Timeline==
{{prose|date=May 2018}}
{{prose|date=May 2018}}
*1937: Born in Shanghai, China to [[Sun Fo]] and his mistress, Shanghai property developer and socialite Rosa Lam (Lan-Yi in Mandarin).
*1937: Born in Shanghai, China to [[Sun Fo]] and Shanghai property developer and socialite Rosa Lam (Lan Ni in Mandarin).
*1946: Kidnapped in Shanghai<ref>{{YouTube|3Z1GZCPaJy4}}</ref> After her mother Lan Yi paid the kidnappers' ransom, she and her mother fled to Hong Kong when Mao's troops seized the family's villa.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ten-years-after-the-return-to-china-hong-kong-reinvents-itself-yet-again-a-491469-5.html |title=Ten Years After the Return to China: Hong Kong Reinvents Itself, Yet Again |author=Follath, Erich |date=29 June 2007 |newspaper=Spiegel Online International |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref>
*1946: Kidnapped in Shanghai<ref>{{YouTube|3Z1GZCPaJy4}}</ref> After her mother Lan Ni paid the kidnappers' ransom, she and her mother fled to Hong Kong when Mao's troops seized the family's villa.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ten-years-after-the-return-to-china-hong-kong-reinvents-itself-yet-again-a-491469-5.html |title=Ten Years After the Return to China: Hong Kong Reinvents Itself, Yet Again |author=Follath, Erich |date=29 June 2007 |newspaper=Spiegel Online International |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref>
*1955: After graduating from High School, she became the youngest [[flight attendant]] to work for [[Taiwan]] based [[Civil Air Transport]] airline.
*1955: After graduating from High School, she became the youngest [[flight attendant]] to work for [[Taiwan]] based [[Civil Air Transport]] airline.
*1957: Married American pilot and World War II Veteran in [[Taiwan]]. She followed her husband to [[Thailand]], Japan, and [[Jordan]].
*1957: Married American pilot and World War II Veteran in Taiwan. She followed her husband to [[Thailand]], Japan, and [[Jordan]].
*1978: Received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/womenattoppowerf0000halp |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/womenattoppowerf0000halp/page/262 262] |title=Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family |author1=Halpern, Diane F. |author2=Cheung, Fanny M. |isbn=978-1444305227 |publisher=Wiley |date=2009 |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref> She later completed graduate studies at [[Babson College]].
*1978: Received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/womenattoppowerf0000halp |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/womenattoppowerf0000halp/page/262 262] |title=Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family |author1=Halpern, Diane F. |author2=Cheung, Fanny M. |isbn=978-1444305227 |publisher=Wiley |date=2009 |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref> She later completed graduate studies at [[Babson College]].
*1986: Served as the commercial consul at the United States Consulate General in [[Guangzhou]], China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/44799.htm |title=In The Shadow of Greatness |author=Shen, Feide |date=30 September 2002 |website=China Through a Lens |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref>
*1986: Served as Chief Commercial Consul at the [[Consulate General of the United States, Guangzhou|United States Consulate General in Guangzhou]], China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/44799.htm |title=In The Shadow of Greatness |author=Shen, Feide |date=30 September 2002 |website=China Through a Lens |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref>
*1989: Served as the commercial consul at the United States Consulate General in Shanghai, China.
*1989: Served as Chief Commercial Consul at the [[Consulate General of the United States, Shanghai|United States Consulate General in Shanghai]], China.
*1992: Served as the commercial counselor at the [[U.S. Embassy, Paris]].
*1992: Served as Senior Commercial Counsul at the [[U.S. Embassy, Paris]].
*1994: Resigned from the [[State Department]] and founded Nora Sun Associates Ltd.
*1994: Resigned from the [[State Department]] and founded Nora Sun Associates Ltd.
*2010: Visited [[Taipei]], Taiwan in order to attend the [[Taipei International Flora Exposition]]. Sun was severely injured in a car accident on her way to [[Taoyuan International Airport]] on January 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/01/02/2003492455 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen seriously hurt in crash |date=2 January 2011 |newspaper=Taipei Times |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref> She died as a result of the injuries on January 29.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/01/30/2003494789 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen dies after car accident |date=30 January 2011 |newspaper=Taipei Times |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref>
*2010: Visited [[Taipei]], Taiwan in order to attend the [[Taipei International Flora Exposition]]. Sun was severely injured in a car accident on her way to [[Taoyuan International Airport]] on January 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/01/02/2003492455 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen seriously hurt in crash |date=2 January 2011 |newspaper=Taipei Times |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref> She died as a result of the injuries on January 29.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/01/30/2003494789 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen dies after car accident |date=30 January 2011 |newspaper=Taipei Times |accessdate=1 March 2015 }}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
On 1 January 2011, Sun involved in a traffic collision which caused her serious injury. She was traveling at Jianguo Overpass on the way to [[Taoyuan International Airport]] when the car she was riding was hit by another car coming from the opposite side of the highway. The accident injured her chest and abdomen. She was then treated at {{ill|Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital|zh|新光吳火獅紀念醫院}} but died on 29 January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/01/30/2003494789|title=Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen dies after car accident - Taipei Times|publisher=}}</ref>
On January 1, 2011, Sun was involved in a traffic collision which caused her serious injury. She was traveling at Jianguo Overpass on the way to [[Taoyuan International Airport]] when the car she was riding was hit by another car coming from the opposite side of the highway. The accident injured her chest and abdomen. She was then treated at {{ill|Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital|zh|新光吳火獅紀念醫院}} but died on January 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/01/30/2003494789|title=Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen dies after car accident - Taipei Times|date=January 30, 2011 |publisher=}}</ref>


==Book==
==Book==

* {{cite book | author1=孫穗芳 |author2=Sun, Lily Sui-fong |title= 我的祖父孙中山先生纪念集: 一位开创世纪奇迹的伟人 | trans-title = An album in memory of Dr Sun Yat-sen: a great man and epoch-maker | date = 1 October 2001 | publisher = Nanjing University Press| isbn= 978-7-305-03760-3}}
* {{cite book |author1=沈飞德 |author2=Shen, Feide |title=民国第一家: 孙中山的亲属与后裔 |trans-title=The first republican house: Sun Yat-sen's relatives and descendants |isbn=978-7208040489 |date=2002 |publisher=上海人民出版社 |location=Shanghai }}
* {{cite book |author1=沈飞德 |author2=Shen, Feide |title=民国第一家: 孙中山的亲属与后裔 |trans-title=The first republican house: Sun Yat-sen's relatives and descendants |isbn=978-7208040489 |date=2002 |publisher=上海人民出版社 |location=Shanghai }}


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Latest revision as of 03:49, 25 September 2024

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Nora Sun (Sun Sui-fen)
孫穗芬
Born
Eleanora Caroline Sun[1]

(1937-08-06)August 6, 1937
Shanghai, Republic of China
DiedJanuary 29, 2011(2011-01-29) (aged 73)
Taipei, Republic of China
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Arizona
SpouseCapt. C.W. "Connie" Seigrist (孫康威) (divorced)
ChildrenSteven Sun Seigrist (孫忠仁)
Jeffrey Lloyd Seigrist (孫忠傑)
Alan Daniel Seigrist (孫忠偉)
Parent(s)Sun Fo and Rosa Lam
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孫穗芬
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Suìfēn

Nora Sun (Chinese: 孫穗芬; August 6, 1937 – January 29, 2011) was a Chinese-American diplomat, businesswoman, and daughter of Sun Fo with Shanghai property developer Rosa Lam/Lan Yi, and granddaughter of Republic of China founder Sun Yat-sen. She was the founder of the Hong Kong–based Nora Sun Associates and a longtime resident of Shanghai, San Francisco, and Hong Kong.[2] Chinese-American entrepreneur Yue-Sai Kan called Sun a "Sino-US trade matchmaker".[3]

Timeline

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Death

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On January 1, 2011, Sun was involved in a traffic collision which caused her serious injury. She was traveling at Jianguo Overpass on the way to Taoyuan International Airport when the car she was riding was hit by another car coming from the opposite side of the highway. The accident injured her chest and abdomen. She was then treated at Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital [zh] but died on January 29, 2011.[10]

Book

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  • 沈飞德; Shen, Feide (2002). 民国第一家: 孙中山的亲属与后裔 [The first republican house: Sun Yat-sen's relatives and descendants]. Shanghai: 上海人民出版社. ISBN 978-7208040489.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Areddy, James T. (January 31, 2011). "Champion of Chinese Modernity Dies". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile: Nora Sun". BBC News. October 15, 2010.
  3. ^ [图文] 孙中山先生的婚姻与后代 [Photo: Sun Yat-sen's marriage and offspring]. Netease (in Chinese). October 23, 2009. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Video on YouTube
  5. ^ Follath, Erich (June 29, 2007). "Ten Years After the Return to China: Hong Kong Reinvents Itself, Yet Again". Spiegel Online International. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Halpern, Diane F.; Cheung, Fanny M. (2009). Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family. Wiley. p. 262. ISBN 978-1444305227. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  7. ^ Shen, Feide (September 30, 2002). "In The Shadow of Greatness". China Through a Lens. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  8. ^ "Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen seriously hurt in crash". Taipei Times. January 2, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  9. ^ "Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen dies after car accident". Taipei Times. January 30, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  10. ^ "Granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen dies after car accident - Taipei Times". January 30, 2011.
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