After finishing his studies, Yung Wing returned to Qing Dynasty China and worked with western missionaries as an interpreter.

At Yale's centennial commencement in 1876, Yung Wing received an honorary Doctor of Laws.

In 1854, the school offered a bachelor's degree to Yung Wing, the first Chinese native to graduate from any American college.

Now Kaptelova is involved in the filming of a new major series about Yung Wing, the first Chinese student in U.S.

April 21 - Yung Wing, the first Chinese overseas student (born 1828 )

He conspired with a handful of American businessmen and Yung Wing, a prominent former Chinese diplomat and scholar living in America.

It was named after Yung Wing, the first Chinese person to study at Yale University.

The Chinese Educational Mission, mentioned in the foregoing, was a thriving Hartford institution, projected eight years before by a Yale graduate named Yung Wing.

Born in Xiangshan, Guangdong province, he studied in Robert Morrison's missionary schools as a boy and his classmates included Yung Wing.

They were led by Yung Wing, the first Chinese man to graduate from an American university.