HKUL Book Talk - The Miraculous History of China’s Two Palace Museums 兩岸故宫的世纪傳奇 (English only)

In collaboration with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and the Hong Kong Book Fair, the Main Library is pleased to present The Miraculous History of China’s Two Palace Museums 兩岸故宫的世纪傳奇 book talk in Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong on 28 June 2018 from 6:30 – 8:00 PM.

Speaker:        Mark O’Neill, UK-born Hong Kong-based writer
Moderator:    Julian Stargardt
Date:              28 June 2018 (Thursday)
Time:              6:30 - 8:00 pm
Venue:           Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
Language:     English
Publisher:      Joint Publishing（H.K.）
Registration:  https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2018_03.html

About the Speaker
A graduate of New College, Oxford, Mark O’Neill worked in Washington DC, Manchester and Belfast before moving to Hong Kong in 1978. Since then, he has lived in Asia, in Hong Kong, Taipei, New Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo and Shanghai, working as a journalist, lecturer and author. This is his sixth book on Chinese history – a treasure trove of subjects. He has presented the book to audiences in Taipei, Beijing, Macau and Hong Kong and it has been very well received. The Taiwan government bought 40 copies and the Central Party School in Beijing has three copies. He is discussing a simplified-character version with a major Beijing publisher. Mark speaks Mandarin, French, Cantonese and Japanese.

About the Book
Millions visit the Palace Museums in Beijing and Taipei every year. But few realise the extraordinary story of the two museums since their foundation on October 10, 1925. ‘The Miraculous History of China’s Two Palace Museums’ tells this story, especially how thousands of crates of priceless art objects crossed China for 16 years before they arrived safely in Taiwan in early 1949. The book describes this odyssey and the story of the two museums since 1949. “Despite the Sino-Japanese conflict and the Chinese civil war, these pieces survived without loss or damage – thanks to the care of the government, the museum staff who looked after them like their own children, and the protection of God.” (Mark O’Neill)

Admission: Free
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