My Family In China 1878 - 2020

About the show

Peter Brinsden: Returning to speak to us yet again, Peter is a retired Consultant Gynaecologist and Specialist in Reproductive Medicine. He served as a RN surgeon for 20 years, retiring from the Navy in 1982.

TALK: Peter’s family first went to China in 1980s as American Presbyterian Missionaries where they served until the 1930s. Peter was born in Peking (now Beijing) in 1940, the fourth generation to be born in China. Peter has visited China since then on many occasions in the last 30 years t conferences and as a lecturer. He holds four Honorary or Visiting Professorships in China and has le three international groups of Fellows of his Royal College on tours of China. In this talk Peter describes the China of the past, as seen through the eyes of his family, up to the present day. The lecture is heavily illustrated with archive and recent pictures.