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China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story
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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.
Director: Tom Radford Starring: Chester Ronning, Zhou Enlai, Cedric Smith
China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story Cast
- Chester Ronning as Self
- Zhou Enlai as Self (archival footage)
- Cedric Smith as Self (narrator)
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