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City of Zhuhai donates a statue of Yung Wing to Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University

Commitment Year•2004Country of Activity•United StatesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United StatesSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 21, 2004
Start (actual)
Dec 21, 2004
End (actual)
Dec 21, 2004

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The statue is located at Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511. The ceremony was held at Betts House, 393 Prospect St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2840329 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/300588562

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Zhuhai Municipal Government

Receiving agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Yale University

Loan description

City of Zhuhai donates a statue of Yung Wing to Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University

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In December 2004, the city of Zhuhai, China, donated a statue of Yung Wing, the first student from China to graduate from an American university, to Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library. The bronze statue was officially dedicated on December 21, 2004, in a ceremony at Yale University's Betts House to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Yung Wing's graduation.