IN 2011, during the 150th birth anniversary of our national hero José Rizal, Tulay Foundation, a prominent Chinese-Filipino group, released an edition of the 1913 book of an American historian Austin Craig, "Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal: Philippine Patriot." But why? An inserted certification from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China may give us the reason: “The birthplace of the great great grandfather of Dr.