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A Black GI in China

01/11/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, A Black GI in China

How an African American soldier captured in the Korean war, decided to settle in China

African-American soldier Clarence Adams was captured in the Korean war, but chose to settle in China after the conflict ended. Witness hears from his daughter, Della.

In November 1950, Clarence Adams, an African-American soldier fighting in the Korean war, was captured by the Chinese Red Army. He was held in a prisoner of war camp until the war ended. But instead of returning home, Adams and 20 other GIs chose to settle in China. Rob Walker has been speaking to his daughter, Della Adams.

(Photo: Clarence Adams and his Chinese wife, Liu Lin Feng, courtesy of the family)

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