Daughter Protests Real Estate Site Using 'Chinese Schindler' Legacy for Home Sales

Manli Ho, the daughter of Chinese diplomat Ho Feng-shan, has expressed outrage over a real estate website's use of her father's legacy to sell homes. The website, Yiyang Fangchan, advertised houses in Ho Feng-shan's hometown of Yiyang, China, with headlines like "He Saved 18,000 Jewish Lives in WWII. His Hometown Has Homes for $40,000."

Ho Feng-shan, who served as China's consul-general in Vienna from 1938 to 1940, is widely recognized in the West as the "Chinese Schindler." This moniker refers to Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved approximately 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. His story was famously depicted in the 1993 film "Schindler's List."

The real estate website's marketing tactics have sparked criticism from local authorities in Yiyang and from Manli Ho, who resides in the United States. The website, whose name translates to "real estate" in Chinese, promotes Yiyang, a city of 4 million residents in Hunan province, as the birthplace of the renowned diplomat.

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He Saved 18,000 Jewish Lives in WWII. His Hometown Has Homes for $40,000.