My Bond and My Country

Sep 2, 2021

My Bond and My Country: Yang Xianyi and Gladys Tayler

During the 100-year history of the Communist Party of China (CPC), there were some international people who fought for the Chinese revolution and national liberation and participated in building the new China. Gladys Yang, a British translator, with her husband Yang Xianyi, another renowned literary translator, rendered in English an astonishing number of works of Chinese literature. It was this couple that brought accurate and elegant translation of China’s classics to audience abroad and made them know more about this ancient civilization. This episode will tell you this couple’s story in China.

Jul 30, 2021

My Bond and My Country: Sidney Shapiro

During the 100-year history of the Communist Party of China (CPC), there were some international people who fought for the Chinese revolution and national liberation and participated in building the new China. Sidney Shapiro was an American-born lawyer, translator, actor and writer who lived in China from 1947 to 2014. This former lawyer became one of the most respected translators in China, and used his work to help forge stronger ties between his birth-country, the US, and his homeland, China.

Jun 29, 2021

My Bond and My Country: Shafick George Hatem

During the 100-year history of the Communist Party of China (CPC), there were some international people who fought for the Chinese revolution and national liberation and participated in building the New China. For centuries, leprosy or Hansen’s disease has been a scorn on the world’s public health and China was once a common ailment suffering from leprosy. Today’s China has officially eliminated the disease, thanks in part to the work of a Lebanese-American doctor, one who would go on to become the first foreigner to obtain Chinese citizenship. His name was Shafick George Hatem. The mini documentary “My Bond and My Country” will tell you Hatem’s story in China.

Jun 22, 2021

My Bond and My Country: Richard Frey

During the 100-year history of the Communist Party of China (CPC), there were some international people who fought for the Chinese revolution and national liberation and participated in building the New China. Richard Frey was one of such legends. He was acknowledged as an outstanding member of the CPC, the founding father of Chinese penicillin, and a doctor who saved thousands of lives. The mini documentary “My Bond and My Country” will tell you how Frey’s life was changed in China.

Jun 11, 2021

My Bond and My Country: Israel Epstein

How did a westerner become a Chinese citizen and a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC)? During the 100-year history of the CPC, Israel Epstein was such a legendary person who started his journalism career in China and witnessed China’s great change from a war-torn and poor country to a prosperous socialist country. The documentary “My Bond and My Country” will tell how Epstein’s life was changed in China.