The Republic of China's roots in the Chinese community on Hawaii are long and deep. The major factor, of course, was the arrival in 1879 of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who nurtured a democratic way of thinking in the free atmosphere of the Iolani School.
檀島華人與中華民國的肇造淵源深厚，最重要的當然是國父孫中山先生在一八七九年抵夏威夷，稍後進入意奧蘭尼學校就學，在自由的氣氛中蘊育了民主思想。