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Beatrice Leung

Beatrice Leung

Hong Kong Catholic nun and geopolitics professor

Sister Beatrice Leung (Chinese: 梁潔芬) is a member of the Catholic order of the Sisters of the Precious Blood of Hong Kong, and is a professor at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages. She is an expert on the history of Catholic Church in China.

Career

Leung is a member of the Catholic order of the Sisters of the Precious Blood of Hong Kong, and is a professor at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages.[1][2][3] She has previously held posts as a lecturer in Social Sciences at Lingnan University,[4] and at the University of Macau.[5] She studied for her PhD at the London School of Economics.[6] She is widely regarded as an expert on the Catholic Church in China.[7][8]

On the subject of the 2018 proposals that the Vatican and the Catholic Church in China could come to an arrangement over the ordination and approval of bishops, Leung said that she felt that the "Vatican lacked expertise when it came to dealing with China’s government and risked getting “trapped.”[9] She had previously coined the phrase "conflicting authority" to reflect the relationship between the organisations.[10] She has also been outspoken about the role of the Catholic church in Hong Kong as an enabler of colonialism.[11]

Reception

Historian Ka-Che Yip described Sino-Vatican Relations as "an excellent study [on a] relatively unexplored topic" and "an important contribution to our understanding of ... issues of church and state in China".[12] Sociologist William T Liu described her analysis of the role of the church in Hong Kong on the return of the region to China, as "refreshing" with a particular emphasis on how the church may evolve under Communist rule.[13]

Selected works

Books

  • Beatrice K. F. Leung & Shun-hing Chan, Changing Church and State Relations in Hong Kong, 1950–2000 (Hong Kong University Press, 2003).[14]
  • Beatrice K. F. Leung, Sino-Vatican Relations (Cambridge University Press, 1992).[15]

Articles

  • Leung B.K.F. (2022) Evangelization Through Education, from Simple Schooling to Universities in China. In: Chu C.Y., Leung B. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.[16]
  • Leung, Beatrice. "China's religious freedom policy: The art of managing religious activity." The China Quarterly 184 (2005): 894-913.[17]
  • Leung, Beatrice. “The Sino-Vatican Negotiations: Old Problems in a New Context.” The China Quarterly, vol. 153, 1998, pp. 128–140.[18]
  • Beatrice K. F. Leung & Stuart S. Nagel (1993) Super-optimizing china: reunification as an example, International Journal of Public Administration, 16:9, 1459-1481.[19]

References

  1. [1]
    Affairs, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World. "Beatrice Leung". berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. [2]
    "Vatican says talks with China have stalled". Herald Malaysia Online. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  3. [3]
    News, Taiwan (2017-10-29). "Taiwan celebrates 75 years of diplomatic relations with the Vatican | Taiwan News | 2017-10-29 14:52:00". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2022-02-01. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. [4]
    "Beijing 'warming to Vatican'". South China Morning Post. 19 January 1995. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  5. [5]
    Burrows, William R. (2009-11-01). Redemption And Dialogue: Reading Redemptoris Missio and Dialogue and Proclamation. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-7252-2705-7.
  6. [6]
    Ching, Frank (2020). "Leo Goodstadt: He was Devoted to Hong Kong". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 60: 186–199. ISSN 1991-7295. JSTOR 26937470.
  7. [7]
    Mok, Chit Wai John (2021-05-04). "Sino-Vatican Rapprochement: An Assessment of Pope Francis' Realpolitik and the Provisional Agreement on the Appointment of Bishops". Journal of Contemporary China. 30 (129): 386–401. doi:10.1080/10670564.2020.1827352. ISSN 1067-0564. S2CID 228966382.
  8. [8]
    Jaschok, Maria. "Religious Women in a Chinese City: Ordering the past, recovering the future–Notes from fieldwork in the central Chinese province of Henan." QEH Working Paper Series – QEHWPS125 (2005).
  9. [9]
    "A Catholic bishop and his rural Chinese parish worry about a deal between Beijing and the Vatican". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  10. [10]
    Barbato, Mariano P. (2020-06-30). The Pope, the Public, and International Relations: Postsecular Transformations. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-46107-2.
  11. [11]
    "Cordial exchange of views better than confrontation". South China Morning Post. 2002. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  12. [12]
    Yip, Ka-che (1993). "Review of Sino-Vatican Relations: Problems in Conflicting Authority, 1976-1986". The Catholic Historical Review. 79 (2): 383–384. ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 25024063.
  13. [13]
    Liu, William T. (2001). "Review of China and Christianity: Burdened Past, Hopeful Future". The China Quarterly (168): 1034–1037. ISSN 0305-7410. JSTOR 3657390.
  14. [14]
    Leung, Beatrice (2003). Changing church and state relations in Hong Kong, 1950-2000. Shun-hing Chan. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-220-057-9. OCLC 642685729.
  15. [15]
    Leung, Beatrice; Leung, Professor Beatrice (1992-03-26). Sino-Vatican Relations: Problems in Conflicting Authority, 1976-1986. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-38173-4.
  16. [16]
    Leung, Beatrice K. F. (2022), Chu, Cindy Yik-yi; Leung, Beatrice (eds.), "Evangelization Through Education, from Simple Schooling to Universities in China", The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 1–32, doi:10.1007/978-981-15-9365-9_9-1, ISBN 978-981-15-9365-9, S2CID 245583555, retrieved 2022-02-01
  17. [17]
    Leung, Beatrice (2005). "China's Religious Freedom Policy: The Art of Managing Religious Activity". The China Quarterly. 184: 894–913. doi:10.1017/S030574100500055X. ISSN 1468-2648. S2CID 155026158.
  18. [18]
    Leung, Beatrice (1998). "The Sino-Vatican Negotiations: Old Problems in a New Context". The China Quarterly. 153: 128–140. doi:10.1017/S0305741000003015. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 153841470.
  19. [19]
    Leung, Beatrice K. F.; Nagel, Stuart S. (1993). "Super-optimizing china: reunification as an example". International Journal of Public Administration. 16 (9): 1459–1481. doi:10.1080/01900699308524855. ISSN 0190-0692.
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