Richard Perkins Hsung - Reconnecting with your heritage

Keywords

Resilience - Heritage - Personal Experience - China - America - Culture - Family History

In this episode of Resilience Unravelled Richard Perkins Hsung discusses his mixed Chinese and American family history, including his grandparents who were medical missionaries in China. Richard was born in China in 1966 and was one of the first teens to leave China legally after Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Richard also talks about his personal experiences reconnecting with his heritage through visits to China and his mother's experiences during World War II. He also talks about the historical impact of the wars between China and America, the resilience of Chinese culture, and the significance of its history.

Main topics

• How Richard has reconnected with his heritage and learnt more about his family's history
• Richard’s mother's experience during the Chinese 1931 flood that killed millions
• Richard’s family's historical experiences during the Japanese and Korean wars
• The political dynamics between China and America
• The resilience of Chinese culture
• The importance of human connections within social contexts

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 Yangtze River by the Hudson Bay