Chinese Biography

When Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Tohti, an internationally known advocate for peaceful dialogue between his Uyghur people and Han Chinese, was detained at the Beijing airport in February 2013 on charges of "separatism," and later sentenced to life in prison, Jewher was forced to begin a new life apart from her family in a new country. There, she found her voice as an advocate for her father, and for Uyghur people being forced into concentration camps by the Chinese government.

Double Luck is filled with examples of how the human spirit can triumph over adversity. In the Chinese language, the word crisis is written with two symbols: one meaning "danger" and the other meaning "opportunity". Although Chi Fa's childhood was filled with crisis, he always looked for opportunity. His successful triumph over crisis after crisis is an inspiration for all who seek hope in the face of great challenges.

如果把霍金比喻成科学界的星星的话，他绝对不是流星，也不是彗星，他是恒星，永远闪烁在科学的星空中……如果把霍金比喻成科學界的星星的話，他絕對不是流星，也不是彗星，他是恆星，永遠閃爍在科學的星空中……

When her family relocated to rural China in 2003, Kay Bratt was thrust into a new world, one where boys were considered more valuable than girls and poverty and the one-child policy had created an epidemic of abandoned infants. As a volunteer at a local orphanage, Bratt witnessed conditions that were unfathomable to a middle-class mother of two from South Carolina. Based on Bratt’s diary of her four years at the orphanage, Silent Tears offers a searing account of young lives rendered disposable.

2008美国大选，他不仅仅是一位参选人，更推波助澜起一场前所未有的运动，劈荆斩棘起一场史无前例的变革！如果要全方位的认识这位美国总统，就不得不从奥巴马的家族历史说起…… 2008美國大選，他不僅僅是一位參選人，更推波助瀾起一場前所未有的運動，劈荊斬棘起一場史無前例的變革！如果要全方位的認識這位美國總統，就不得不從歐巴馬的家族歷史說起……

寇白门，又名湄，字白门，是明末清初的“秦淮八艳”之一。板桥杂记曰：“白门娟娟静美；跌宕风流，能度曲，善画兰，相知拈韵，能吟诗，然滑易不能竟学”……寇白門，又名湄，字白門，是明末清初的「秦淮八艷」之一。板橋雜記曰：「白門娟娟靜美；跌宕風流，能度曲，善畫蘭，相知拈韻，能吟詩，然滑易不能竟學」……

她不是甄嬛，被逼着才学会了后宫权谋；她不是武后，利用男人的弱点成就自己；她是吕雉，一生看准了一个男人，然后把他扶上了皇帝宝座。…… 她不是甄嬛，被逼著才學會了後宮權謀；她不是武后，利用男人的弱點成就自己；她是呂雉，一生看准了一個男人，然後把他扶上了皇帝寶座。

她只想安安稳稳地做一个相夫教子的传统女性，结果却因为长相过于出众，造成了自己一生浮尘。生于乱世，身若浮萍，半点不由己。…… 她只想安安穩穩地做一個相夫教子的傳統女性，結果卻因為長相過於出眾，造成了自己一生浮塵。生於亂世，身若浮萍，半點不由己。

她不是甄嬛，被逼着才学会了后宫权谋；她不是武后，利用男人的弱点成就自己；她是吕雉，一生看准了一个男人，然后把他扶上了皇帝宝座。…… 她不是甄嬛，被逼著才學會了後宮權謀；她不是武后，利用男人的弱點成就自己；她是呂雉，一生看准了一個男人，然後把他扶上了皇帝寶座。

她不是甄嬛，被逼着才学会了后宫权谋；她不是武后，利用男人的弱点成就自己；她是吕雉，一生看准了一个男人，然后把他扶上了皇帝宝座。…… 她不是甄嬛，被逼著才學會了後宮權謀；她不是武后，利用男人的弱點成就自己；她是呂雉，一生看准了一個男人，然後把他扶上了皇帝寶座。

她似空谷幽兰，吐芳于世，虽是青楼女子，但为人豪爽、个性十足，戏弄魏忠贤，闭门等雅登，哪怕是现代的女子也不见得敢这样随性而为！…… 她似空谷幽蘭，吐芳於世，雖是青樓女子，但為人豪爽、個性十足，戲弄魏忠賢，閉門等雅登，哪怕是現代的女子也不見得敢這樣隨性而為！

她不是甄嬛，被逼着才学会了后宫权谋；她不是武后，利用男人的弱点成就自己；她是吕雉，一生看准了一个男人，然后把他扶上了皇帝宝座。…… 她不是甄嬛，被逼著才學會了後宮權謀；她不是武后，利用男人的弱點成就自己；她是呂雉，一生看准了一個男人，然後把他扶上了皇帝寶座。

她，本是将门之女，一朝艳绝秦淮成了媚香楼头牌花魁。他，出身高姓巨族，凭着英才豪气闯荡天下。本是才子佳人的故事，终究是以悲剧收场，想来最动人心弦的，莫过于遗憾了…… 她，本是將門之女，一朝豔絕秦淮成了媚香樓頭牌花魁。他，出身高姓巨族，憑著英才豪氣闖蕩天下。本是才子佳人的故事，終究是以悲劇收場，想來最動人心弦的，莫過於遺憾了……

她自幼聪敏过人，却因家中变故堕入风尘。她满腹才华，却终是秦淮河畔一抹香魂。她的才、她的情，都将留芳千古！…… 她自幼聰敏過人，卻因家中變故墮入風塵。她滿腹才華，卻終是秦淮河畔一抹香魂。她的才、她的情，都將留芳千古！

她用一生演绎曲折离奇的血泪史，真相扑朔迷离令人肝肠寸断。她主张男女平等，关心大事；她敢爱敢恨、黑白分明，这注定是一个传奇女子的故事。…… 她用一生演繹曲折離奇的血淚史，真相撲朔迷離令人肝腸寸斷。她主張男女平等，關心大事；她敢愛敢恨、黑白分明，這註定是一個傳奇女子的故事。

她，幼年幸福却又坠入红楼。她，聪明伶俐，满腹才情。她，勇敢追求自己的幸福，不惧外界流言。我会告诉你，她就是“千古第一贤妾”董小宛吗？…… 她，幼年幸福卻又墜入紅樓。她，聰明伶俐，滿腹才情。她，勇敢追求自己的幸福，不懼外界流言。我會告訴你，她就是「千古第一賢妾」董小宛嗎？

If you're Irish American or African American or Eastern European Jewish American, there's a rich literature to give you a sense of your family's arrival-in-America story. Until now, that hasn't been the case for Chinese Americans. From noted historian Mae Ngai, The Lucky Ones uncovers the three-generational saga of the Tape family. It's a sweeping story centered on patriarch Jeu Dips' (Joseph Tapes') self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco, and the extraordinary rise it enables.

After witnessing the beheading of his uncle, a very young Doc Ping and his family escaped from China on foot in fear for their lives. They left everything behind, including his father's position in the nationalist Chinese government and all of their possessions, and fled the country—first to Bangkok, and then to Taiwan. When Doc was nine, his father secretly arranged for him to travel on a freighter with 15 other civilians to the USA to live with the woman who helped resuscitate him from drowning a few years earlier.

In The Healing Journey, Sue Maisano tells her heartfelt story of her rise from poverty and obscurity in a Chinese village to fulfillment and success in America, reaching all her goals of education, marriage, family, and a thriving healing practice. Now she shares her secrets of how she realized her dreams by following her intuition and spiritual guidance, as well as spiritual laws that work for everyone.

In September 2014, a Chinese company that most Americans had never heard of held the largest IPO in history - bigger than Google, Facebook, and Twitter combined. Alibaba, now the world's largest ecommerce company, mostly escaped Western notice for over 10 years, while building a customer base larger than Amazon's and handling the bulk of ecommerce transactions in China. How did it happen? And what was it like to be along for such a revolutionary ride?