Interchange revolves around the economic and political changes in the People s Republic of China. It is the story of lives touched by revolution, and of personal struggles and triumphs under an ever-watchful government. Set against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, the pro-democracy demonstrations at Tiananmen Square, and the handover of the British colony of Hong Kong to Chinese rule, Interchange presents the intricacies of life in modern-day China with parallel action of life in America. In novel form, this book analyzes the rapid changes in China brought on by revolution, and...

In this remarkable memoir, Tung Pok Chin casts light on the largely hidden experience of those Chinese who immigrated to this country with false documents during the Exclusion era. Although scholars have pieced together their history, first-person accounts are rare and fragmented; many of the so-called "Paper Sons" lived out their lives in silent fear of discovery. Chin's story speaks for the many Chinese who worked in urban laundries and restaurants, but it also introduces an unusually articulate man's perspective on becoming a Chinese American.

Chin's story begins in the early 1930s, when...

In this remarkable memoir, Tung Pok Chin casts light on the largely hidden experience of those Chinese who immigrated to this country with false documents during the Exclusion era. Although scholars have pieced together their history, first-person accounts are rare and fragmented; many of the so-called "Paper Sons" lived out their lives in silent fear of discovery. Chin's story speaks for the many Chinese who worked in urban laundries and restaurants, but it also introduces an unusually articulate man's perspective on becoming a Chinese American.

Chin's story begins in the early 1930s, when...