Mei Zhang, Jindong Cai, Sheila Melvin

November 12th, 17:00 Pacific Time / 20:00 Eastern Time
November 13th, 9:00am China Standard Time
For our November book club, we'll be reading Beethoven in China in the lead-up to our chat with the authors, Jindong Cai and Sheila Melvin.
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At the turn of the twentieth century, students returning from abroad brought Beethoven to China. The composer's perseverance in the face of adversity and his musical genius resonated in a young nation searching for a way forward. Beethoven remained a durable part of Chinese life in the decades that followed, proving a remarkable chameleon; an icon to reformers, intellectuals, music fans and party cadres alike, playing a role in major historical events from the May Fourth Movement to the normalization of US-China relations.