Qian Xiuling, "The Belgian Schindler" With Kyle Anderson
The China History Podcast
Laszlo Montgomery
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Laszlo invited Kyle Anderson onto the CHP to discuss the life of the oft-called "Belgian Schindler" Qian Xiuling 钱秀玲. Kyle is the translator of the Xu Feng book "忘记我" (Forget Me) which details Madame Qian's incredible life, growing up in Yixing, Jiangsu, and later moving to Belgium for her university studies. She married, had a family, a career, and lived a quiet life until the German occupation of Belgium in 1940.
Her story and the bravery and humanity she exhibited during the Nazi occupation earned her the moniker "Belgium's Schindler". Her's was a life worth knowing about, despite her modesty and wishes to be forgotten. The descendants of the hundred or so lives she saved back in the 1940s today number in the many thousands. The translated version of the book will be coming out soon. For now, please enjoy this conversation between Laszlo and Kyle Anderson as they introduce the life of someone you may not have heard of before.
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| 0:15.2 | Welcome back again, everyone. |
| 0:16.8 | Lausel Montgomery here. |
| 0:18.2 | I appreciate y'all tuning in to this station, another CHP special episode. |
| 0:24.0 | Yeah, I managed to trick yet another China Specialist into coming on this |
| 0:29.5 | battle-tested, long-lasting family podcast program. |
| 0:33.2 | Thanks to my long-time Patreon, Patreon mark from the great football nation of Belgium. |
| 0:40.8 | We're going to look at another little known story that comes to us from that great land, |
| 0:45.7 | home of the rock band Hitherside. |
| 0:48.4 | And to help me tell this story, I'm happy to introduce Mr. Kyle Deanderson onto the CHP, |
| 0:53.7 | talking to me from the opposite side of this country, over on the East Coast. |
| 0:58.8 | Kyle's the VP Strategic Programming at API, a leader in study abroad and experiential learning |
| 1:06.6 | and a former professor, as well as an administrator in higher education. |
| 1:12.2 | But that's not why he's here. |
| 1:13.6 | Kyle's also a translator of Chinese children's and adult contemporary literature. |
| 1:18.6 | And we're here to talk about a new book by the author, Xufeng, that Kyle translated with Yilin |
| 1:24.7 | Press. Let's come and add soon. And it's called Forget Me, Wang Chi-Wu, and it tells the story |
| 1:32.8 | of Chen Xiaoling. The woman will be discussing today. Welcome to the CHP, Kyle. |
| 1:38.9 | Thank you so much, Lausel. Thanks for having me on. I'm happy to talk with your audience. |
| 1:43.9 | You've had quite a career in study abroad programs and educating people about the world |
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