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China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story

China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story

War Documentary
Directors: Tom Radford
Production: ONF | NFB
Cast: Cedric Smith, Zhou Enlai, Chester Ronning

Overview:

Tom Radford's documentary chronicles the life of Chester Ronning, best remembered for his close and longstanding relationship with China. Over the course of his life, Ronning worked as a cowboy, ambassador, college president, missionary and a member of the Alberta legislature. But throughout all of his careers, his lifelong ambition was to explain China to the western world. His story is a rare example of the meeting of East and West in a compassionate, remarkable man.

Keywords:

religion canada china alberta canada chinese history boxer rebellion alberta canadian history