Tuesday 17 January 2023, 7:30 pm UK. The presence of a community of Jews in China is thought to date back to the eighth century. Persian-Jewish merchants called Radhanites whose trade took them to China via the Silk Road through Central Asia and India are thought to have founded the community of Kaifeng. Over the centuries, the Kaifeng community came to be virtually indistinguishable from the Hui and Han Chinese population and is therefore no longer recognized by the Chinese government as a separate ethnic minority.

Trudy Gold lectures on all aspects of history for Lockdown University and was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre. She has taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities and to adult groups. She has run seminars on Holocaust Education in the UK, Eastern Europe and latterly in China. Recording here.