The renowned expert on communism and Chinese culture, Doctor Wen Chen, will be appearing as speaker for the May 1, 2024 meeting of Chico Evening Republican Women.  A biologist and information scientist at CalTech for the last 24 years, Dr. Chen was born in China at the end of the Great Cultural Revolution.  She is well-versed in the history of the Chinese revolution that killed two million intellectuals and destroyed traditional Chinese culture.

Wen’s parents had mixed feelings about her education. Despite their discouragement, Wen eventually won a national prize at a science competition when she was 16.  She went to a top university for undergraduate study and then came to the U.S. in 1994 for graduate school.  Utilizing her Ph.D. in Biology at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Chen was able to secure her position at CalTech.  Part of her everyday work is scientific outreach by speaking at conferences and seminars at universities. She is a board member for Caltech Women in Biology and Biological Engineering.

Dr. Chen has spoken at hundreds of organizations and events on the topics of Chinese culture, history and society, as well as human rights, art, communist infiltration into the US, North Korea and China, and the affects of Coronavirus on China, including China’s censorship.

Please invite your friends to attend, and we hope to see you May 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM.  We will be confirming our venue in the weeks ahead, so check back with our website if you need more information.

Read Dr. Chen’s Biography Here