to: search Han Suyin 1917 : Born Elisabeth Chow Kuanghu (Zhou Guang-Hu) in Henan , China , to Zhou Yuan Dong and Marguerite Denis, her Flemish - Belgian mother. 1933 (age 16): Admitted to Yanjing (Yenching) University (later part of Peking University ). 1935 (age 18): Went to Brussels to study