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 ook Talk by Edward Wong
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DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 16\, 2024 | 12:00PM-1:00PM | ASC 207 | RSVP
 \n\nBook Talk by Edward Wong (The New York Times)\, with introductions by 
 Prof. Viet Thanh Nguyen (English and American Studies & Ethnicity\, USC) a
 nd moderated by Clayton Dube (USC US-China Institute). \n\n\nThe son of Ch
 inese immigrants in Washington\, DC\, Edward Wong grew up among family sec
 rets. His father toiled in Chinese restaurants and rarely spoke of his nat
 ive land or his years in the People’s Liberation Army under Mao. Yook Ke
 arn Wong came of age during the Japanese occupation in World War II and th
 e Communist revolution\, when he fell under the spell of Mao’s promise o
 f a powerful China. His astonishing journey as a soldier took him from Man
 churia during the Korean War to Xinjiang on the Central Asian frontier. In
  1962\, disillusioned with the Communist Party\, he made plans for a despe
 rate escape to Hong Kong.\n\nWhen Edward Wong became the Beijing bureau ch
 ief for The New York Times\, he investigated his father’s mysterious pas
 t while assessing for himself the dream of a resurgent China. He met the c
 itizens driving the nation’s astounding economic boom and global expansi
 on—and grappling with the vortex of nationalistic rule under Xi Jinping\
 , the most powerful leader since Mao. Following in his father’s footstep
 s\, he witnessed ethnic struggles in Xinjiang and Tibet and pro-democracy 
 protests in Hong Kong. And he had an insider’s view of the world’s two
  superpowers meeting at a perilous crossroads.\n\nWong tells a moving chro
 nicle of a family and a nation that spans decades of momentous change and 
 gives profound insight into a new authoritarian age transforming the world
 . A groundbreaking book\, At the Edge of Empire is the essential work for 
 understanding China today. \n\n \n\nThis event is co-sponsored by East Asi
 an Studies Center and US-China Institute.\n\nPlease see a video recording 
 of the talk here►
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LOCATION:Annenberg Auditorium (ASC)\, 207
SUMMARY:At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China — Book T
 alk by Edward Wong
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 s-reckoning-with-china-book-talk-by-edward-wong
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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