Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sibu, Sarawak" in Vietnamese language version.
However, events in the Chinese mainland at the turn of the century afforded Charles the opportunity to contract an agreement with one Chinese, a Foochow Methodist, Wong Nai Siong, from Fukien Province. The political upheaval after the collapse of the so-called 'Hundred Days' reform movement (1898), followed by the Boxer uprising (1899-1900), which was particularly anti-foreign and anti-Christian in tone, were unsettling if not precarious for Chinese converts. Wong and his fellow Foochow Methodists decided to emigrate to Sarawak, and thence 'New Foochow' was created around present-day Sibu.
According to historical facts, Sibu was known as Maling before ngày 1 tháng 6 năm 1873. It was named after the winding portion of a river in Tanjung Maling located at the other side of Rejang River. Maling was a small village with a few small and simple shophouses.[liên kết hỏng]
|archive-date= (trợ giúp)However, events in the Chinese mainland at the turn of the century afforded Charles the opportunity to contract an agreement with one Chinese, a Foochow Methodist, Wong Nai Siong, from Fukien Province. The political upheaval after the collapse of the so-called 'Hundred Days' reform movement (1898), followed by the Boxer uprising (1899-1900), which was particularly anti-foreign and anti-Christian in tone, were unsettling if not precarious for Chinese converts. Wong and his fellow Foochow Methodists decided to emigrate to Sarawak, and thence 'New Foochow' was created around present-day Sibu.
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