In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, China was bullied by Western countries because of the decay and incompetence of the imperial court, and even after the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China government, this situation still did not change, as evidenced by the Shanghai Concession. But not all foreigners are invaders, and many of them have come to China to be impressed by China's time-honored culture and have embarked on a path to help China become stronger, and the Australian Duanna is one of the representatives.
Born in Duana, New South Wales, Australia, he became a brilliant journalist at the age of 23. Later, by chance, he came to Work in Hong Kong, China, as the deputy editor of Dechen Daily. It was at this time that he also met and became acquainted with many revolutionaries, including Hu Hanmin, Song Yaoru and others. After spending a few years in Hong Kong, China, he went to Shanghai as a Chinese journalist.
Sun Yat-sen had just returned to China at that time, and soon after He arrived in Shanghai, he served as a political adviser to Sun Yat-sen, and directly participated in the drafting of the "Declaration of the Republican Government" of the Republic of China, which played a very important role. Later, after learning that Yuan Shikai signed the "Twenty-One Articles" agreement with the Japanese to lose power and humiliate the country, it was directly published in the "Times" and soon attracted the attention of the Chinese people. After all, Yuan Shikai did such a thing to the surprise of many people, if it were not for the explosion of Duanna, it is estimated that many Chinese people would have been kept in the dark, and things would not have turned around.
Duan Na was not only an adviser to Sun Yat-sen, but he also served as an adviser to Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Xueliang, and Lao Jiang, so he had a very close relationship with them. Later, when the Xi'an Incident occurred when old Jiang was locked up, Duan Na was also invited by Song Meiling to be a mediator, which played a very key role in the middle, and it can also be said that he saved old Jiang's life. After Old Jiang successfully escaped from the predicament, he was even more valued by him. Unfortunately, Due to disagreements with him, Duanna later chose to resign and leave China and travel around the Pacific Ocean.
Later, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, he was captured by the Japanese army and imprisoned in a concentration camp. When Lao Jiang and Song Meiling later learned of this news, they specifically asked MacArthur, the commander of the US Far East, to send an elite team to the centralized camp where War Criminals were held in Japan to rescue Duana. Because Duan Na suffered a lot of injuries when he was imprisoned by the Japanese, even if he was sent to the Pearl Harbor Naval Base Hospital for recuperation by a US military helicopter, there was still no big improvement, after all, his physical condition at that time was not good, the whole person's physical condition looked very bad, and it was a pity how long it took for the United States to die of illness.