Searching for Billie: Uncovering my Mother’s Past in a Vanished China | Ian Gill 季風人文講壇第124期

[Bilingual CC Subtitle Provided 本影片提供雙語CC字幕] When Ian Gill first visited Hong Kong, it took an unexpected turn when he uncovered an extraordinary journey of his mother: from a controversial adoption in Changsha and fame as a radio broadcaster in Shanghai, to a tragic romance in a Japanese internment camp and a royal decoration by Queen Elizabeth II. The backdrop for this fascinating family story is China’s turbulent century from the Anglo-Chinese wars of the 1840s to the advent of communism. About the Speaker Ian Gill was conceived in a Japanese prison camp in Hong Kong in 1945 and born in New Zealand after liberation. With his mother, he spent his early life in England, China and Bangkok. He worked as a journalist in the Asia-Pacific region for 14 years