Have you ever wondered how China changed from a communist backwater country to a bustling, emerging super power, all in a relatively short period of time? Our upcoming speaker Mr. Pat Ferns, a renowned award-winning documentary film maker, has a pretty good idea how this occurred! Mr. Ferns, recipient of The Order of Canada, first visited China in 1979 in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. His filmic relationship with China includes films such as China’s Hollywood and