As Russia Remembers War in Europe, Guest of Honor Is From China
on May 8, 2015
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is an imperfect symbol of the wartime past and an uncertain one for Russia’s future.
China Malls Rise Amid Growing Xenophobia in South Africa
A China in Africa Podcast
on May 7, 2015
Chinese immigrants in South Africa have not been spared from the violent, anti-immigrant riots that have swept across Durban and Johannesburg, two of the country’s largest cities. There have been reports of injuries along with at least 40 business that were ransacked and looted.
Suzanne Ma
on May 6, 2015
The work of award-winning journalist Suzanne Ma has appeared in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Associated Press, Huffington Post, and Salon.
She has crisscrossed the globe, filing stories from cities across Europe, Canada, China, and the United States, where she was a reporter in New York City for the Associated Press and DNAinfo, a digital news start-up. A graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Ma was awarded the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship, which helped fund her fieldwork in China for her first book, Meet Me in Venice: A Chinese Immigrant’s Journey from the Far East to the Faraway West.
Born in Toronto, Ma was raised by immigrant parents who insisted she attend Chinese school every Saturday morning. Her Chinese lessons continued in Beijing where studied abroad. His family’s hometown is also the hometown of the subject of Meet Me in Venice, and the town’s remarkable 300-year history of emigration inspired the book.
She lives in Vancouver, Canada.
Pool of Migrant Workers Expands Slower than in Past
on May 6, 2015
Workers are also making more, National Bureau of Statistics says, and they are finding work closer to their rural homes.
China Pulls Out Stops to Avoid Lay-Offs as Economy Cools
on May 6, 2015
Some businesses are even enticed into hiring despite the slackening economic growth.
China Issues Guideline for Eco-Friendly Development
on May 6, 2015
Safeguarding the environment lags China’s economic status—limited resources and severe pollution preventing sustainable growth.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Why Aggrieved Chinese Citizens and Chinese Police Are Fighting Over Corpses
on May 6, 2015
On the morning of March 16, 48-year-old Huang Shunfang went to her local hospital located in Fanghu Township in the central Chinese province of Henan. Her doctor diagnosed her with gastritis, gave her a dose of antacids through an IV, and sent her on her way. Huang died suddenly that afternoon.
Online Reaction to Baltimore Protests Reveals Much About Chinese Tension with African Immigrants
on May 6, 2015
The Urgency of Continuing with Reform
on May 6, 2015
The best way to side step the much-discussed middle-income trap is to forge ahead with changes to the growth model.
Meet Me in Venice
on May 5, 2015
When Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating city of canals and gondola rides. And she imagined her mother, successful in her new life and eager to embrace the daughter she had never forgotten. But when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei to work in a small-town café. Rather than giving up and returning to China, a determined Ye Pei takes on a grueling schedule, resolving to save enough money to provide her family with a better future.
A groundbreaking work of journalism, Meet Me in Venice provides a personal, intimate account of Chinese individuals in the very act of migration. Suzanne Ma spent years in China and Europe to understand why Chinese people choose to immigrate to nations where they endure hardship, suspicion, manual labor, and separation from their loved ones. Today, all eyes are on China and its explosive economic growth. With the rise of the Chinese middle class, Chinese communities around the world are growing in size and prosperity, a development many westerners find unsettling and even threatening. Following Ye Pei’s undaunted path, this inspiring book is an engrossing read for those eager to understand contemporary China and the enormous impact of Chinese emigrants around the world. —Rowman & Littlefield
Book Review:
Bernice Chan, South China Morning Post (February 24, 2015)
Alice Stephens, Washington Independent Review of Books (February 18, 2015)
Sarah Mellors, Los Angeles Review of Books (February 15, 2015)
Kirkus Reviews (December 6, 2014)
