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After graduating from ASIJ, I went on
to study in Zurich, Switzerland. After returning to Tokyo,
Helge and I were married. Helge was stationed in Tokyo
with Lufthansa German Airlines at the time. We spent
1968/1969 in New Delhi, India before moving to Osaka,
Japan. In 1974 we moved to London where our third son was
born. Our first and second sons were born in Tokyo.
From 1977 until 1982 we were stationed
in Africa and lived in Khartoum, Sudan. From there we went
once again to Japan and spent eight years in Osaka, then
moved to Tokyo to complete the full circle. In 1994 Hedge’s
dream of working in China came true when Lufthansa sent
him to Beijing, where he took early retirement at the end
of 1997 and started his own company. We own property here
and have lived here happily ever after...with lengthy
sojourns in London, where we also have an apartment and
where we like to visit David and Michael, our second and
third sons. Thomas, the eldest, lives in Shanghai with his
French wife and his son, Louis. All three sons are in the
film and PR business. Helge and I will again spend time in
New York this fall and will look for an apartment there in
order to spend more time near my brother, John, and Wall
Street.
I am now adviser to the president of
China's largest auction house, The China Guardian Auction
Co., as well as being honorary vice-chairman of the Manchu
Culture Society and serving on the committee of the
Beijing International Society.
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