Royal Asiatic Society China in Shanghai

RAS China in Shanghai - Newsletter Vol 2 No 7 – July/August 2011
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PRESIDENT’s NOTE
Dear Members and Friends,
Just a note of thanks to you all for your
support over the first half of a very interesting
season, and my best wishes for the summer.
We are making a break from convention this
year by introducing a couple of events over
the summer months and will be back in full
swing with our lecture series in September.
Looking forward to seeing you then.
My very best regards,
Peter
RAS Weekender
Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd October, 2011
A WildWall Weekender @ The Barracks
with host William Lindesay, OBE
Please visit our website for full details
INTERESTING QUOTATION
A Small World
... a few words may be devoted
to the tens of thousands of
emigrants, who have in the past
left the shores of China, mainly
from Kwangtung and Fukien
Provinces, to help other
countries to colonise and thus
consolidate their possessions.
Their activities include the
development of tin-mining and
rubber cultivation in Malaya and
Netherlands East Indies; the
introduction of the sugar
industry into the Philippines as
far back as the Yuan era, into
British West Indies and even
Hawaii; the building of those
immense railway trunk-lines
across Canada and America; and
the marked transformation of
immense areas of arid territory in
California, Australia and Mexico
into fertile fruit orchards.
Wherever Chinese have travelled
and settled down, they and their
descendants have brought with
them the well-tried benefits of
their ancient philosophy, culture
and industry.
From an address to the Society
by Dr. Wu Liende, member and
benefactor, in 1933