About the Author

David Faure works on the history of Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta and Chinese business history. He is currently University Lecturer in Modern Chinese History and Fellow of St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford. Tao Tao Liu works on modern Chinese fiction and Chinese poetry. She is University Lecturer in Modern Chinese and Fellow of Wadham College at the University of Oxford.

Reviews

"These eleven essays explore the art and practice of establishing, modifying and changing identities among various kinds of Chinese and not-yet-Chinese during the past half-millenium. They are as rich in imagery and imagination as any one interested in Ch