With concern over the movement south from Shanghai to Canton, a traditional hotbed of unrest in China, of the Chinese revolutionary, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Asheville was sent south to Shantou. Sailing on 27 January 1923 for South China, Asheville reached Shantou on the 30th.
With worry about the shift south from Shanghai to Canton, a well-known area of unrest in China, of Chinese revolutionary Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Asheville was dispatched south to Shantou. Departing on January 27, 1923 for South China, Asheville arrived in Shantou on January 30.