On August 14, 1903, on the bridge in San Francisco, an unexpected event occurred.
A Chinese dressed in tatters and with long braids jumped off the bridge and fell into the boiling river.
From his clothing and physical features, you can judge that he is a Chinese, because at that time in the world, only the Qing Dynasty had long braids.
In addition to the difference in physical characteristics, the identity of the person who threw himself into the river and died was not simple, he was the Qing Dynasty Army Attache in the United States, Tan Jinyong.
His death quickly attracted widespread attention in the United States and around the world, and when it was reported back to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government was surprised why its own army attaché would choose to commit suicide in the United States.
One moment ago, he was also told to handle the diplomatic incident, and later, he suddenly committed suicide in San Francisco.
All the answers start from August 13th.
Tan Jinyong was a diplomat sent to the United States by the Qing Dynasty, and he served as an army attaché in the Qing embassy.
Although the Qing Dynasty was decaying, Tan Jinyong himself was still very studious, and since he was a military attaché, his skills were also very outstanding.
On August 13, Tan Jinyong received an assignment from the embassy to immediately rush from Washington to San Francisco to deal with a diplomatic incident.
After receiving the order, Tan Jinyong did not hesitate, immediately left, packed a few clothes, and left the Washington Embassy.
It's just that no one expected that Tan Jinyong would never come back.
Arriving in San Francisco, Tan Jinyong immediately began to work, and soon the incident ended perfectly in his handling.
By this time, it was already dark, and Tan Jinyong was going to stay in San Francisco for one night before returning to Washington.
When Tan Jinyong was walking on the road, an unexpected scene happened.
On the San Francisco Bridge, Tan Jinyong moved forward cautiously and cautiously.
Because he knows that the United States, which claims to be free, equal, and loved by all, is not as innocent as advertised on the surface, but is full of oppression and discrimination all the time.
Tan Jinyong also knew in his heart that even though the Qing Dynasty had established an embassy, it was safer for the Qing Dynasty to keep a low profile in the United States, otherwise he would be greeted by the oppression of people of color in the United States.
But at this moment, Tan Jinyong, who was afraid of what would come, was walking normally, but was suddenly stopped by the oncoming American police and asked him to be checked.
Tan Jinyong was also very cooperative, but the way the American police checked made him very angry.
Because, the American policeman picked Tan Jinyong's braids with a baton and ridiculed him for being a yellow pig.
People who practice martial arts themselves have a hard spirit, and Tan Jinyong is very disdainful of the practices of the American police, and spoke out against it, I am Chinese, I am a diplomat, please respect some.
His explanation not only did not stop the arrogant practices of the US police, but further provoked the US police to verbally insult him and physically interfere with him.
Tan Jinyong did not let the American police do anything wrong and decided to fight back, so the two started to fight.
Seeing that they were at a loss, the American police immediately blew their whistles.
Several policemen who flocked from all directions couldn't help but punch and kick Tan Jinyong.
At this time, Tan Jinyong had a lot of kung fu, and it was difficult to resist the joint attack of many evil people.
Physically exhausted, he could only be beaten by the American police.
I thought that I could do it with patience, but what I didn't expect was that the American police's approach was even more infuriating.
They lifted Tan up and wrapped his braids around the railing of the San Francisco Bridge.
Tan Jinyong, who was tied up in pigtails, did not have any freedom of movement, and allowed the American police to beat him.
Here, Tan Jinyong once again identified himself as a diplomat, but the American police were unmoved.
After taking turns beating, Tan Jinyong was handcuffed and dragged back to the police station.
At the police station, Tan Jinyong thought there would be something reasonable, but when he took out his diplomat's ID, the police chief scoffed.
Claiming that the yellow-skinned pig only has the share of being beaten, and there is no room for resistance.
Here, Tan Jinyong was once again illegally detained and beaten.
After hearing about this incident, the Qing Dynasty embassy in the United States also quickly took action and sent a number of letters of protest to the US government and the San Francisco city government.
However, the feedback received was very sloppy, saying that Tan Jinyong attacked the police in front, and the Qing Dynasty's request was ignored.
In this way, Tan Jinyong was imprisoned and beaten until a patriotic businessman appeared and ransomed Tan Jinyong from the police station out of his own pocket.
It's just that Tan Jinyong is still charged with assaulting the police.
Tan Jinyong, who was staggering, had fallen to the bottom at this time, and his experience was as weak and powerless as the Qing government.
After thanking his life-saving benefactor, Tan Jinyong walked back to the San Francisco Bridge, and he couldn't bear this kind of shame and humiliation.
So, Tan jumped off the San Francisco Bridge and plunged into the boiling water.
The sacrifice of a military attache stationed abroad did not bring much dignity.
1906, San Francisco Chinatown
In the face of the crowd of demonstrators, the U.S. government still went its own way, accusing the Qing Dynasty of ineffective control of officials, and demanding that the Qing government apologize.
And the weak and incompetent Qing government can only silently accept all this, and it is difficult to save its own country, let alone these unknown diplomats.