China Reflections is a memoir, a rare and riveting first hand account of a truly amazing, distinctive Chinese American experience of epic proportions.The producers are attempting to further understanding through sensitive cultural diplomacy and peaceful,collaborative Sino American dialogue. Filmed within the Philadelphia Museum of Art the films central character is Chinese American scholar Dr.Yu Hsiu Ku. Dr.Ku was advisor / teacher to many past leaders of China and Taiwan.Close adviser to Chaing Kai Shek, friend of Zhou ...moreEn Lai, Deng Xiaoping and Jaing Zemin.He was also advisor to H.H.Dalai lamas brother. President Jaing visited his former teacher in his private apartment in Philadelphia to discuss world peace, an unpresidented event. All arranged by Henry Kissenger.We then interviewed Dr. Hun H. Sun Professor Emeritus Drexel University student of Dr. Ku, classmate of President Jaing and mentor to the President son . Dr. Sun speaks of the concentration camps and the Japanese occupation Shortly before his sad passing, Edmund Bacon signed onto our film. Ed was the brilliant beloved Philadelphia City Planner colleague of I. M. Pei and author of ' Design of Cities' his magnum opus.Ed Bacons early years in Beijing influenced his career for the rest of his life... 'The cities groupings of purple roofed buildings leading to red and golden roofed buildings of the Emperors forbidden city taught me that city planning is about movement through space, an architectural sequence of sensors and stimuli, up and down, light and dark, color and rythm.' The celebrated Shanghai tenor GeQun Wang will sing a Tang dynasty poem by Li Po( Song of Pure Peace) in Edmund Bacons honor. The piece was composed by Dr. Ku, both men taught at University of Pennsylvania. ...hide