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SUMMARY:The China Convoy
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DESCRIPTION:In 1940 the Religious Society of Friends\, or the Quakers\, de
 cided to send ambulances and men to China to help the Chinese suffering un
 der the Japanese invasion.  It was known as the China Convoy.  Their motto
  was ‘Go Anywhere\, Do Anything’.   The average age of the members was
  22 and few had been abroad.  The convoy was responsible for the distribut
 ion of over 80% of all medical supplies sent to China between 1942 and 194
 6.   Convoy members also set up inoculation programmes and local clinics t
 o conduct surgical procedures.  The members were pacifist\, so did not tak
 e sides nor allow soldiers or weapons on the convoys and their declared ai
 m was to provide aid to whoever needed it\, regardless of race\, nationali
 ty\, religion or political beliefs.  Between 1941-51 over 350 volunteers s
 erved from the UK\, USA\, Canada and New Zealand\, including over 50 Chine
 se students and several hundred Chinese staff as interpreters\, drivers\, 
 mechanics\, blacksmiths\, carpenters\, cooks and secretaries.\n\nDr Janet 
 Harris is a nominated documentary producer/director\, having worked for ma
 ny years at the BBC and as a freelancer with experience of working in Iraq
  in war and in post war. She filmed in Iraq as an embedded director with t
 he British military for the BBC series Soldier\, Husband\, Daughter Dad (2
 005) and for the BBC series Fighting the War (2003).  She also worked in p
 ost conflict Iraq for the series Saddam’s Iraq for ITV & Middle East Bro
 adcasting (2004).  In 2013 she made a documentary for the 10th anniversary
  of the invasion of Iraq for the BBC This World strand\, ‘Did My Son Die
  in Vain?’ (2014).  She obtained a PhD from Cardiff University in 2012 a
 nd was a senior lecturer at Cardiff University on the MA International Jou
 rnalism course and course director for the MA Digital Documentaries.  She 
 left Cardiff in 2024 and is now co-directing a documentary in Croatia.
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LOCATION:Dickson Poon Building\, Oxford China Centre - Kin-ku Cheng Lectur
 e Theatre (lower ground floor)\, Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower groun
 d floor) Dickson Poon Building Canterbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6LU 
 United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Dr Janet Harris (Documentary producer/director)
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