Heroes of History: Legacy of My Chinese

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Friday, November 4 • 9:00 AM—10:00AM Breakfast available at 8:30AM

Join Asia Society and actress Tina Chen as she recounts the fascinating story of three genera- tions of her mother’s family and their contributions to the history of China.

Tina’s impressive ancestry includes a great grandfather who was Governor General of seven provinces and served under three different Qing Dynasty emperors and the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi; his son, an assistant to Sun Yat Sen, who became the first premier of the Republic of

China; and his granddaughter (Tina Chen’s mother), a Cambridge scholar who, after fleeing to Taiwan during the war, took on secret work that she had to hide even from her husband.

These prominent figures are brought back to life through stories and photographs as Tina To RSVP, please email takes us through history. [email protected] or call 212-327-9304. Speaker Bio: Tina Chen is a Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award, and Drama Desk Award nominee. Her film credits include Tom Gries’ The Hawaiians (opposite Charlton Heston), which earned her the Golden Globe Award nomination; Sydney Pollack’s Three Days of the Condor (opposite Robert Redford); Arthur Penn’s Alice’s Restaurant (opposite Arlo Guthrie); and Bertha Bay-Sa Pan’s award-winning indie film Face (opposite Bai Ling).

More recently, Tina starred in Albert M. Chan’s award-winning short film Descendants of the Past, Ancestors of the Future, and has starred in various television programs and specials, most notably, The Final War of Olly Winter (opposite Ivan Dixon), for which she earned an Em- my Award nomination. She has played leading roles in numerous productions on and off Broadway and has also directed a number of plays. On Broadway, she co-produced Peter Nichols’ Passion starring Frank Langella, and received a Drama Desk Award nomination as part of the producing team for Terrence McNally’s The Rink. For more information on While pursuing her career in show business, Tina did research for thirteen years as a techni- programs at Asia Society, cian in the Serology and Genetics Department of the New York Blood Center. She also co- visit AsiaSociety.org/NYC founded Food Liberation, one of the first health food stores in New York City, and was a found- Follow us on ing member of Women’s Project Theater under Julia Miles. An honorary advisor for the Pan Facebook.com/asiasocietynyc Asian Repertory Theatre, Tina is also on the National Council of the Aspen Music Festival & Twitter @AsiaSocietyNY School, and volunteers for Lighthouse International. Asia Society and Museum 725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street) New York, NY 10021