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GEORGE FINDLAY ANDREW, a very senior Chefusian is still going strong in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Someone sent to the secretary a most perceptive
review by him in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix of the book China - The Surprising
Country by Myra Roper. Mr. ANDREW agrees with it on the whole, with from his
wide experience a dash of scepticism here and there. Suite 4, Patricia Hotel, 345
Second Ave. N.,Saskatoon, Sask.
His niece, MARJORIE MOORE McLEAN sent in the book page of the Saskatoon
Star Phoenix for 1 November 1965. In it, G.F.ANDREWS reviews frankly Han
Suyin’s book The Crippled Tree, and the Saskatoon Star Phoenix explains,
‘G.FINDLAY ANDREW first met Han Suyin in Hong Kong about 1950, and later met
her frequently during his tour of duty as liaison officer of Chinese schools with the
Singapore Government in the years 1951 - 1958. MR. ANDREW has lived in the
three far western interior provinces of China mentioned in The Crippled Tree,
Kweichow, the province of his birth; Szechwan, the province of his wife’s birth and
where they were married in 1911; Kansu, the province where he spent 25 years as a
missionary. He has lived, he says, in nearly all the places mentioned in the book.
During World War II, he was in Chungking from 1941 to 1945 as Counsellor of
Chinese Affairs in the British Embassy, which brought him in close contact with the
leasing Nationalist Government officials from Chiang Kai-Shek down, and also with
Chou En-Lai and many of the Communist leaders currently in the government in
Peiping. MR. ANDREW, O.B.E., F.R.G.S. has lived in Saskatoon since 1959.’
During this time he was also a popular guest on a radio show called “People You Meet”.
You can listen to three of these interviews here: The symbol indicates the menu for
you to choose your recording
If there is no player showing on this page you can listen to the three radio interviews here:
http://makeafriend.co/
In 1966 he moved into the Hotel Patricia saying, according to Amy Moore’s report: “I am 79
but sometimes I feel 179".
GEORGE FINDLAY ANDREW, a very senior Chefusian is still going strong in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Someone sent to the secretary a most perceptive
review by him in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix of the book China - The Surprising
Country by Myra Roper. Mr. ANDREW agrees with it on the whole, with from his
wide experience a dash of scepticism here and there. Suite 4, Patricia Hotel, 345
Second Ave. N.,Saskatoon, Sask.
His niece, MARJORIE MOORE McLEAN sent in the book page of the Saskatoon
Star Phoenix for 1 November 1965. In it, G.F.ANDREWS reviews frankly Han
Suyin’s book The Crippled Tree, and the Saskatoon Star Phoenix explains,
‘G.FINDLAY ANDREW first met Han Suyin in Hong Kong about 1950, and later met
her frequently during his tour of duty as liaison officer of Chinese schools with the
Singapore Government in the years 1951 - 1958. MR. ANDREW has lived in the
three far western interior provinces of China mentioned in The Crippled Tree,
Kweichow, the province of his birth; Szechwan, the province of his wife’s birth and
where they were married in 1911; Kansu, the province where he spent 25 years as a
missionary. He has lived, he says, in nearly all the places mentioned in the book.
During World War II, he was in Chungking from 1941 to 1945 as Counsellor of
Chinese Affairs in the British Embassy, which brought him in close contact with the
leasing Nationalist Government officials from Chiang Kai-Shek down, and also with
Chou En-Lai and many of the Communist leaders currently in the government in
Peiping. MR. ANDREW, O.B.E., F.R.G.S. has lived in Saskatoon since 1959.’
During this time he was also a popular guest on a radio show called “People You Meet”.
You can listen to three of these interviews here: The symbol indicates the menu for
you to choose your recording
If there is no player showing on this page you can listen to the three radio interviews here:
http://makeafriend.co/
In 1966 he moved into the Hotel Patricia saying, according to Amy Moore’s report: “I am 79
but sometimes I feel 179".
