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Meet Me in Venice
A Chinese Immigrant's Journey from the Far East to the Faraway West
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2015
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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 ofmigration. 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.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-3936-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-3937-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
166
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CONTENTS No access
A NOTE ABOUT PRONUNCIATIONS AND SPELLINGS No access
PROLOGUE No access
Chapter 01. THE BAR No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter 02. LEAVING CHINA No access Pages 11 - 36
Chapter 03. EAST MEETS WEST No access Pages 37 - 54
Chapter 04. CHINATOWN No access Pages 55 - J
Chapter 05. LA DOLCE VITA No access Pages 79 - 100
Chapter 06. SHIFTING TIDES No access Pages 101 - 114
