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China mission : the Chester Ronning story / directed by Tom Radford.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ronning, Chester, 1894-1984.
- Ronning, Chester.
- Diplomats--Canada--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- China--History--20th century.
- China.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (58 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, QC : National Film Board of Canada, 1980.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Chester Ronning was born in Francheng, China, in 1894, the son of Norwegian missionaries. Until his death at the age of ninety, he was everything from a cowboy to an ambassador, a college president to a Peace River homesteader, a missionary to a member of the Alberta legislature. But Ronning, who died in December 1984, is best remembered in international circles for his long and close relationship with China. Throughout his many careers, including that of Canadian High Commissioner to India, ambassador to Norway, and head of an international mission in 1966 to end the war in Vietnam, Ronning's 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.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed November 25, 2014).
- OCLC:
- 765879661
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