Dr. Betty Peh-T'I Wei

Betty Peh-T'I Wei is a research historian currently holding honorary appointments at the Institute of Qing History of People's University, Beijing, and the Centre of Asian Studies and the Department of History, the University of Hong Kong.Her research interest is focused on the early 19th-century China, Europe, and the United States.Now retired as Head of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, she has remained active in research and writing.

It is by local China historian Betty Wei on one of the leading lights of the KMT.
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Dr. Betty Wei, a historian and a Council Member of the RAS, is a graduate of Bryn Mawe College, New York University and the University of Hong Kong.She is perhaps best known to members of the RAS for her book, Shanghai: Crucible of Modern China.Having been a schoolmate and longtime friend of two daughters of Liu Chi-wen, the family asked Betty to compile his biography, which was privately published in 2005.Dr. Wei's research was based on Liu's diary and letters, and interviews with his wife, children and colleagues, as well as academic and general publications.

Author: Betty Peh-T¡¦I Wei

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
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Betty Peh-T¡¦I Wei is a research historian currently holding honorary appointments at the Institute of Qing History of People¡¦s University, Beijing, and the Centre of Asian Studies and the Department of History, the University of Hong Kong.Her research interest is focused on the early nineteenth-century China, Europe, and the United States.Now retired as Head of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, she has remained active in research and writing.
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¡¥For her biography of Ruan Yuan, Dr Betty Peh-T¡¦I Wei has scoured the world for new materials, visiting a dozen cities and as many libraries on three continents.