The Royal Asiatic Society Beijing’s AGM & Dinner…

Posted: March 17th, 2025 | No Comments »

There’s a very special dinner after this year’s RAS Beijing AGM – dinner at the old Grand Hotel de Pekin (where Wallis Simpson and a host of other luminaries, stars, disreputable types and wannabes stayed over the years) with some remarks by me. Apparently 1920s dress is encouraged but not obligatory….

You are cordially invited to come to RASBJ’s annual post-AGM dinner at the Old Peking Hotel and hear Paul French on late Qing to 1930’s Beijing and its expatriate community.

Drinks will be served from 7pm, and dinner from 7.30-9.30pm.

WHAT: RASBJ post-AGM dinner featuring award-winning author Paul French as keynote speaker

WHEN: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Beijing standard time. Doors open at 7:00 PM

WHERE: Beijing Hotel Nuo (the former Peking Hotel), 33 East Chang An Avenue, Dongcheng, Beijing tel: 8526 3388

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