389 - Viet History Makers - Phan Boi Chau - How Would You Respond to Colonialism Today?

[@thinhphan2669]

Thank you for doing an episode on my great great grandpa. I’ve heard stories about him from other family members throughout my life, but it’s good to hear from an outside perspective. If you go to Japan today, you can visit the village where he stayed while he was there. There was a memorial stone in that village that commemorates his time there. The head of the village was Dr. Asaba-san and his kins are still taking care of that stone. One of my uncs went there a few years back and they treated him well. I haven’t been able to go, but I would love to visit that village some day. Just an hour or so outside of Tokyo. Look forward to many more episodes from you, Ken. Been a listener of your podcast for a while now.

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

Hi Thinh. Thank you for leaving this wonderful message. I’m happy to have learned more about your great great grandpa through Kevin. Looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts from time to time. Where did you grow up?

[@hkboatman]

Firstly, you do an excellent and admirable job, Kevin! Secondly, my suggestion for you is to further investigate the rumor that Ho Chi Minh secretly informed the French spies of Phan Bội Chau's whereabouts by looking for the book titled From Colonialism to Communism by Hoang van Chi, a high-level Viet Minh cadres who later on left Vietnam and resettled abroad. In the book, Mr. Chi claimed that Ho Chi Minh collaborated with Lam Duc Thu, a secretly dualistic spy of the French Secondary Bureau, who lured Mr. Phan Boi Chau to unintentionally walk into the French-consular jurisdiction area in Shanghai and was arrested by the French authority there and then extradited him to Vietnam. The Ho's motive was to eliminate whoever, no matter how patriotic, was not a Communist; that's a long-term strategy of the Third International Communists, to whom Ho vowed to be loyal.

[@garybrown5824]

This is very educational. It helps grow my perspective. Keep up your excellent work. Peace🙏

[@kedynguyen]

Happy to see you guys again! Learn our own Vietnamese history in English is an extraordinary experience. Thank you so much

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

Aw thank you for the kind words. You have no idea how excited I was for Kevin to agree to do this series with me! Thank you for tuning in!

[@chocoHD88]

Am loving this! Please continue the history for some us viet kieus who do not have access to this information.

[@kimpham6040]

I got the book today, can’t wait to read it. It is on Amazon now.

[@johngtran]

Kevin, loves your knowledge of the 1900 Vietnamese history and to the present day Would love to hear more about today Vietnam and our people.

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

Kevin has a podcast called Nam Phong Dialogues

[@thanhhuynh2188]

Kevin, Thank You. A different and nuanced view about important people of our history. Keep your good work. Looking forward to hear more from you. Vietnameses living oversea and hopefully also those living in the country need these nuances of our history to 'discover' who we are. Thanks Kenneth for the interesting podcast.

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

We appreciate your kind words. I am looking forward to more of these profiles with Kevin.

[@kimpham6040]

I’ve learned more about Phan Boi Chau now than in history classes in Viet Nam. Especially from a young, charming professor Kevin Pham and interesting Q from Ken. Thank you both!

[@jerryle379]

You must be born in the 19560s ? no wonder class then the subject was lighter then now

[@ThanhNguyen-io6st]

Love your show Kenneth, keep up the great work!!

[@johngtran]

Thank you you two.

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

@@johngtran thank you for watching. We will be doing more of these for the next few months.

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

If there are any figures you want us to cover please let us know!

[@phatle2737]

@@TheVietnamesepodcast Can we have a podcast on Pham Xuan An, a communist spy working for the TIME and reuteur and the actual sympathizer for the american, check out the book Perfect Spy by Larry Berman. idk if the author of The Sympathizer inpsired by this guy but this guy story is very similar to the guy in that novel except that hes not half blooded

[@xiangzhende5702]

great content❤it would be even better if there is Vietnamese cc

[@johngtran]

Thank you and now I know more about Phần Boi Châu. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_B%E1%BB%99i_Ch%C3%A2u

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

I have heard of these historical figures and always wanted to explore. And now we get to know more about Phan Bội Châu!!

[@phatle2737]

Can we have a podcast on Pham Xuan An, a communist spy working for the TIME and reuteur and the actual sympathizer for the american, check out the book Perfect Spy by Larry Berman. idk if the author of The Sympathizer inpsired by this guy but this guy story is very similar to the guy in that novel except that hes not half blooded

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

I think this is a good one to cover. We will look into this! I’ve heard the same thing about VTN perhaps being inspired by this character.

[@phatle2737]

@@TheVietnamesepodcast there are few of Pham Xuan An interviews in vietnamese and documentary of him on vtv24. maybe you and Kevin could read the book separately and discuss it on podcasts and make a series out of it as you guys read thru the books.

[@TheVietnamesepodcast]

And you still want more?!!!

[@phatle2737]

@@TheVietnamesepodcast yes easy contents, im pretty sure it gonna be the most fun topic, hollywood cant compete with his real story

[@jerryle379]

Pham Xuan An ain't inspired for the movie sympathizers , he have good impression of the us people and culture , doesn't mean he like the us govt , same for ho chi minh and other . Uan later become top 3 most powerful Intel boss in Vietnam btw retired as a general