During that time, the Black Panther Party had already gained significant media and community attention for their militaristic actions and struggles for self-determination and third world solidarity, and for the opposing governmental oppression.
While advocating for Ethnic Studies at local community college, he read works promoted by the Black Panther Party including the Red Book and writings of Malcolm X.
[3] The frustrated youth of Chinatown drew the attention of the Black Panther Party leaders Bobby Seale and David Hilliard.
With strong leaders such as Hing and the influence by the Black Panther Party, the Red Guard was formed in the Leway pool hall in February 1969 to improve the conditions of Chinatown and Asian Americans.
This influx and poor conditions combined with few employment opportunities caused a significant concern for the youth in the Red Guard.
The organization also demanded that "all Yellow men be exempt from military service" based on the historic racial discrimination and violence within the U.S. Also, they demanded trial by jury for Asian Americans by Asian Americans as it was impossible to separate any racial prejudices of any other jury who could not even be deemed peers due to the stark differences in social and political background.
As their founding would suggest with a title such as the Red Guard Party,[4] the political group was focused on gaining attention to the Asian American struggle and remaining critical of the U.S. government.