In this week's episode, we will have a look into the American Declaration of Independence, introduced by the American missionary Reverend Elijah C Bridgman of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions in 1838. With 2026 marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration, Professor Kendall Johnson from the HKU School of English, will explain how it offers a perspective in understanding the longer history of Sino-American commercial and diplomatic relations. Mr Johnson was invited by the University of Hong Kong to give a talk entitled Translating the Declaration of Independence: American Frontiers of Good Governance in the Era of Opium Wars, and we'll hear some of it this Sunday.