Part Two of Ming Ho’s new dramatisation of Han Suyin’s landmark semi-autobiographical novel.

The story follows Suyin, a doctor and writer, living and working in late 1940s Hong Kong. When Suyin meets British war reporter Mark, she embarks on a secret love affair that tests her relationship to her own Eurasian identity and divided loyalties. As the People's Republic is established in China, tensions in Hong Kong intensify, and Suyin is treated with increasing suspicion by the colonial elites. With the lines between West and East ever starker, are Mark and Suyin delaying the inevitable? And can Suyin reclaim the narrative of history?

Originally published in 1952, this is a story of two societies on the cusp of change - colonial Hong Kong and feudal, revolutionary China – in a fresh adaptation for BBC Radio 4.

CAST
Suyin ..... Chipo Chung
Mark ..... Billy Howle
Adeline Palmer-Jones/Mrs Cheng ..... Sarah Lam
Humphrey Palmer Jones ..... Paul Courtenay Hyu
Robert Hung/William Monk ..... Daniel York Loh
Nora Hung ..... Jennifer Lim
Suzanne/ Martha Monk ..... Elizabeth Chan
Sen/Ah Sun ..... Jon Chew
Fiona Manton ..... Ruth Everett
James Manton ..... Dickon Farmar
Mei..... Ivy Wong

Dramatised by Ming Ho
Directed by Anne Isger
Sound by Andy Garrett and Pete Ringrose
Production Co-ordination by Ben Hollands
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