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(General Jose Ignacio Paua)
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Except perhaps for Filipino historians, few people know about this Chinese general. In fact, Philippine history textbooks seldom mention his name
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In selected books on Philippine history, however, his name is occasionally mentioned and some authors like Drs. Luis Dery, Gregorio Zaide, Chinese historians Zhou Nanjing, and Zheng Bingshan have written special features on him.
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His life was even made into a movie by Larry Santiago Productions in the fifties. As a notable representation of the Chinese contribution to the Philippine Revolution, Paua was responsible for building a munitions factory in Imus, Cavite, raising from among his fellow Chinese 400,000 Mexican dollars much needed by the depleted revolutionary coffers, and personally risking his life in leading his men in the actual battlefield.
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The first encounter Paua had with the Spaniards was in Imus, Cavite. Paua and Pio del Pilar had only 27 men but they forced a regiment commanded by Col. Salcedo to retreat from their stronghold.
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Jose Ignacio Paua - The Philippine Revolution only Pure-blooded Chinese General