Chinese scholars at Cambridge

Ye Junjian wasn't the only wartime Chinese scholar in the UK with a connection to Cambridge University.

In 1939, Xiao Qian began studying at the university. In 1943, he became a war correspondent for Ta Kung Pao, a Chinese newspaper now based in Hong Kong. As an accredited correspondent, Xiao crossed the English Channel with the British army in 1944 and reported from the battlefields in France.

He also traveled to Berlin with the US army as the city fell to the Allies. As the only Chinese journalist in Europe during World War II, Xiao covered the major events, including the 1945 Potsdam Conference and the Nuremberg Trials.