Robert Wells interview for his book commemorating the 150th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Japan

Veteran US Navy Captain and International Securities Studies Instructor, Robert S. Wells, provides an extensive interview with the China Daily (Global) regarding his book about the discovery and recovery of the SS Japan, over 150 years after it's wreck in the South China Sea. Published in 2015, Voices at the bottom of the South China Sea, Robert's book details the journey, the sailors, and ultimate demise of the ship in 1874. 

Robert has been honored for his research multiple times for rediscovering the SS Japan and showcasing how Chinese people helped build parts of California in the 19th century. In 2024, California State Treasurer Fiona Ma bestowed upon him a certificate of recognition for his "organization of the remembrance of the 150th Anniversary of the Tragic Loss of the Pacific Mail Steamship SS Japan On December 17, 1874".