Beatrice Leung Explained

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.
• Leung, Beatrice. "China's religious freedom policy: The art of managing religious activity." The China Quarterly 184 (2005): 894-913.^[16]
• Leung, Beatrice. “The Sino-Vatican Negotiations: Old Problems in a New Context.” The China Quarterly, vol. 153, 1998, pp. 128–140.^[17]
• Beatrice K. F. Leung & Stuart S. Nagel (1993) Super-optimizing china: reunification as an example, International Journal of Public Administration, 16:9, 1459-1481.^[18]

References

1. Web site: Affairs. Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World. Beatrice Leung. 2022-02-01. berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. en.
2. Web site: Vatican says talks with China have stalled. 2022-02-01. Herald Malaysia Online.
3. Web site: News. Taiwan. 2017-10-29. Taiwan celebrates 75 years of diplomatic relations with the Vatican Taiwan News 2017-10-29 14:52:00. 2022-02-01. Taiwan News.
4. Web site: 19 January 1995. Beijing 'warming to Vatican'. 2022-02-01. South China Morning Post. en.
5. Book: Burrows, William R.. Redemption And Dialogue: Reading Redemptoris Missio and Dialogue and Proclamation. 2009-11-01. Wipf and Stock Publishers. 978-1-7252-2705-7. en.
6. Ching. Frank. 2020. Leo Goodstadt: He was Devoted to Hong Kong. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 60. 186–199. 26937470. 1991-7295.
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. 10.1080/10670564.2020.1827352. 228966382. 1067-0564.
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. News: A Catholic bishop and his rural Chinese parish worry about a deal between Beijing and the Vatican. en-US. Washington Post. 2022-02-01. 0190-8286.
10. Book: Barbato, Mariano P.. The Pope, the Public, and International Relations: Postsecular Transformations. 2020-06-30. Springer Nature. 978-3-030-46107-2. en.
11. Web site: 2002. Cordial exchange of views better than confrontation. 2022-02-01. South China Morning Post. en.
12. Yip. Ka-che. 1993. Review of Sino-Vatican Relations: Problems in Conflicting Authority, 1976-1986. The Catholic Historical Review. 79. 2. 383–384. 25024063. 0008-8080.
13. Liu. William T.. 2001. Review of China and Christianity: Burdened Past, Hopeful Future. The China Quarterly. 168. 1034–1037. 3657390. 0305-7410.
14. Book: Leung, Beatrice. Changing church and state relations in Hong Kong, 1950-2000. 2003. Hong Kong University Press. Shun-hing Chan. 978-988-220-057-9. Hong Kong. 642685729.
15. Book: Leung. Beatrice. Sino-Vatican Relations: Problems in Conflicting Authority, 1976-1986. Leung. Professor Beatrice. 1992-03-26. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-38173-4. en.
16. Leung. Beatrice. 2005. China's Religious Freedom Policy: The Art of Managing Religious Activity. The China Quarterly. en. 184. 894–913. 10.1017/S030574100500055X. 155026158. 1468-2648.
17. Leung. Beatrice. 1998. The Sino-Vatican Negotiations: Old Problems in a New Context. The China Quarterly. en. 153. 128–140. 10.1017/S0305741000003015. 153841470 . 0305-7410.
18. Leung. Beatrice K. F.. Nagel. Stuart S.. 1993. Super-optimizing china: reunification as an example. International Journal of Public Administration. en. 16. 9. 1459–1481. 10.1080/01900699308524855. 0190-0692.

External links

• Beatrice Leung Kit-fun, professor of international affairs at Taiwan's Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, speaks in Hong Kong's Chinese University (image)