Dr. Brian Evans from University of Alberta, Canada Visits HZU and Gives a lecture

On the afternoon of 21st April, Dr. Brian Evans from the University of Alberta, Canada gave a lecture on My Relationship with China in the college library. The lecture, hosted by Vice-President Peng Yonghong, is also the third lecture of the Dongjiang Academic Forum.

Dr. Brian Evans shared with us what he had seen and heard in China since 1964, including China s politics, economy, culture and social life. Because he had read Edgar Snow s book, The Other Side of the River , he chose to visit China and started his journey. During this long journey, he witnessed the Chinese Civil War, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution and Reform and Opening. Also he witnessed China s process of developing a prosperous country from poverty and backwardness. When he recalled his talks with Premier Zhou, he greatly admired him and said, I have never seen such an amazing, admirable person in my life .

During his lecture, Dr. Evans not only shared some anecdotes he had seen and heard in China, but also answered students questions.

The University of Alberta is one of the five largest research-intensive universities in Canada. With 30 years of teaching, Dr. Evans was once the first dean of History Dept. and n is now a lifetime Emeritus Professor of the University of Alberta. He also served as a cultural counselor of the second Canadian Embassy. Not only is Dr. Evans the only scholar who first studied China in the 1960s in Alberta, but he also initiated the Chinese Dept. at the University of Alberta. Appointed as Foreign Senior Researcher of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Dr. Evans often gives lectures at Chinese colleges and universities.