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China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story

0.00h 57mDocumentary — War

Tom Radford's documentary chronicles the life of Chester Ronning, best remembered for his close and longstanding relationship with China. Over the course of his life, Ronning worked as a cowboy, ambassador, college president, missionary and a member of the Alberta legislature. But throughout all of his careers, his lifelong ambition was to explain China to the western world. His story is a rare example of the meeting of East and West in a compassionate, remarkable man.

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Director: Tom Radford

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Chester Ronning

Self

Zhou Enlai as Self (archival footage)

Zhou Enlai

Self (archival footage)

Cedric Smith as Self (narrator)

Cedric Smith

Self (narrator)

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