The Turbulent histroy of the Rotary Club of Shanghai

Wed, May 18th 2016 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Dr Keith Tovey gves an insight into the fascinating history of the first established Rotary Club in China


The Turbulent History of the Rotary Club of Shanghai

 Join us at the usual time of 19.30 BST on Wednesday 18th May 2016 >  https://zoom.us/j/470985565

This week’s speaker is Dr Keith Tovey who is going to talk to us about the interesting and turbulent history  of the Rotary Club of Shanghai - being the first Rotary club to be established in China in 1919.

 The Shanghai club has a complex and unsettled history as it was originally chartered in 1919 [#545] as the first club in China. It was readmitted to the Rotary world as club [#60725] chartered 8 February 2006.

 During the war years the club experienced some challenges and struggles which Keith will explore as art of his talk. Developing Rotary in China remains a fascinating one because Chinese citizens resident in China are not allowed to join clubs [unless they have another nationality passport].

 As you probably know we have a Chinese citizen member Vivian living in Beijing who is a full Rotarian because she is a member of our club which of course is outside their country.


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