Mar 9, Monday: RASBJ’s first Zoom event is historian Jeremiah Jenne discussing with us Jung Chang’s new book on the Soong sisters. Get ready to ask questions from anywhere in the world! Even if you’re in quarantine, you can still get a digital version of the book on Amazon

WHAT: Join RASBJ for a members-only online discussion with Jeremiah Jenne, renowned expert on late imperial and modern China, about Jung Chang’s latest book, “Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China”. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session. Details below.

WHEN: 7-8pm China time, Monday 9th March.

WHERE:  This is an online members-only event; RASBJ members have been emailed details on how to join the event (via Zoom). If you’d like to become an RASBJ member, please befriend on wechat our Treasurer John Olbrich at johnobeijing, sending him your name, nationality, mobile number and email address plus the subscription amount (RMB 300 for those resident in China, RMB 200 for overseas residents and RMB 100 for students)

HOW MUCH: Free and available to RASBJ members worldwide.

MORE ABOUT THE EVENT:  Even if you haven’t read this book — and you should read it — you’ve heard of the legendary Soong sisters. Ailing married H.H. Kung, a financier and one of China’s richest men. Qingling married the revolutionary leader, Sun Yat-sen. The youngest, Meiling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was one of the most famous women in the world. The legacy of the Soong Sisters remains one of the more controversial subjects in modern Chinese history. Jung Chang, author of “WIld Swans” and “Mao: The Unknown Stories”, is one of the more provocative historians writing about China today. Jung Chang’s latest book, “Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China” takes a new look at this important family. On March 9, The Royal Asiatic Society of Beijing is hosting an online discussion of Jung Chang’s new book and the historical legacy of the Soong Sisters moderated by Jeremiah Jenne, history teacher and founder of Beijing by Foot.