Besides the US, perhaps no country is more important to the world’s economy and geopolitics than China. Crucial to understanding and interacting with China is a familiarity with its complex and dense history. Red Bishop is Dr. Robin T.W. Yuan’s epic historical fiction based on the extraordinary life of his maternal grandfather, Rt. Rev. Robin Chen, China’s last presiding bishop of the Anglican Church. This talk will explain the genesis of Red Bishop, the back story to this epic historical fiction, the main elements, characters, and events interwoven in this multi-dimensional narrative of Bishop Robin Chen and his family, 20th century China, and the Christian experiment.