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SACU China Eye Issue 63 Autumn 2019 China Eye SACU: Promoting understanding and friendship between the peoples of China and the UK since 1965 Autumn 2019 Issue No. 63 Contents Welcome .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 SACU AGM 2019 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 SACU Essay Competition 2019/20 ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Laszlo’s China Mission ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Morris Abraham Cohen (1897-1970) ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 ‘Two-Gun Cohen’ ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Chinese in Britain: a history of visitors and settlers by Barclay Price ................................................................................................ 10 A heartwarming experience: Visiting a home for Chinese orphans in Beijing ......................................................................................... 12 China’s Path: Four Decades of Opening up and how it challenges our preconceptions .................................................................... 13 China and the West, meeting at the crossroads of world history............................................................................................................ 14 Some suggestions on learning more about China ................................................................................................................................... 16 CHINESE LABOUR CORPS – A POSTSCRIPT ............................................................................................................................................... 17 Insignia of Rank – 100 Day Reform Period 1898. ‘Return to the basics.’ Realities of Late 19th Century China ....................................... 19 The Making of Chinatown Exhibition at the China Exchange (32A Gerrard Street, London) ................................................................... 21 Sino File Autumn 2019 complied by Walter Fung .................................................................................................................................... 23 Sinophile by Flo and Ivor Kenna ............................................................................................................................................................... 27 China Eye Diary-Chinese Festivals............................................................................................................................................................ 27 1 China Eye is published by the Society for Anglo-Chinese Ham, Rob Stallard, Tom Harper, Richard Poxton, Dirk Understanding (SACU), a registered charity No 294651 and Nimmegeers a company limited by guarantee No 00876179. Editorial: Walter Fung SACU was founded in 1965 to promote understanding and ISSN 2513-8898 (print) 2633-240X (online) friendship between the peoples of China and Britain, to provide facts and analysis about China – not uncritically but SACU Registered Address: 15a Napoleon Road, always from a firm basis of friendship – and to help the Twickenham TW1 3EW British people understand the meaning of China, past and present. SACU website www.sacu.org.uk The society is open to all those interested in Chinese affairs Email [email protected] and who are supportive of its aims, regardless of political President: [vacant] affiliations. Vice Presidents: Jane Hadley, Frances Wood, Jenny Clegg, Rob Stallard Views of contributors to China Eye are their own and Chairperson: Zoe Reed should not be regarded as those of the SACU Council, the Secretary: Corinne Attwood Editor or Editorial Board. 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Please send news or Rosier, Ros Wong, Tamara Treichel, Bryan Stitch, John articles for inclusion before 20 November 2019 to mailto:[email protected] 2 successful development by a generally competent Welcome government: over 700 million people have been lifted out of China is forefront in the news at the moment; the trade war poverty in the last 30 years, expectation of life is now about with the US and the events in Hong Kong. 77 years (compared to 35 in 1949, literacy is well over 90% According to the Economist (World in Figures, 2018), Hong (compared to 10% in 1949). Over 150 million Chinese were Kong had a Human Development Index’ (HDI) of 91.7. This sufficiently wealthy to travel abroad in 2018 – and they were is very high, almost the same as the US and Canada (92.0) all happy to go home to China. Some analysts believe this and ranking 12th in the world. The UK was ranked 16th with figure could reach 300 million by 2030. an index of 90.9. The HDI is based on various factors Learning and researching China. including education, life expectancy and per capita GDP. I have listed some thoughts on where to obtain information GDP per person in Hong Kong was $42,384 – ahead of both about China in a short article on page 27. I would especially Germany ($41,701) and France ($37,580) and furthermore recommend the Chinasage website for its extensive the region has the second highest life expectancy in the coverage of all ‘Things Chinese’ and its splendid world of 84.5 years. This is significantly higher than that of illustrations. Dirk Nimmegeers reviews an important book nd the UK’s 81.3 years (32 in the world) and the US figure of by Peter Nolan, which discusses ‘China and the West’-the th 79.6 years. (48 ). last three paragraphs are especially illuminating. From these figures it would seem, Hong Kong is one of the Hunan Tour best places in the world to live. So, it is a tragedy that it is undergoing the present disruptions, many of them violent. The Meridian Society are sorry to announce that the Hunan Trip due to take place this October has been postponed until Li Kai shing, aged 91, Hong Kong’s richest man called for next year. There were insufficient numbers for the trip to be an end to the protests and violence. He put notices in several viable. Chinese language newspapers. In his message he quoted the two Chinese proverbs; Walter Fung ‘The best cause can end with the worst result.’ ‘Time is an endless river, but you cannot step into the same Subscriptions Increase from 1 October 2019 river twice’ Does it mean don’t do things you will regret later? SACU membership subscriptions for new members and renewals are being increased from 1 October 2019 by £5 in His own words he has said; ‘Love Hong Kong, love China, all membership categories (but by only £2 for Students). 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