Anchee Min
Anchee Min
Anchee Min or Min Anqiis a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth14 January 1957
CountryChina
opportunity rivers want
If one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river.
business course crucial license though written
Of course I have the license to make up things, but I think a lot of what's written about China is misleading, and most Americans don't know much about China, in-depth, even though China is such a crucial business partner, rival, whatever.
children self america
The self was a very strange concept to me until I came to America, and my child was born with that entitlement, and that just thrilled me.
men long brain
Do you know who Karl Marx is? He is this strange little man, long dead, who lived his narrow little life, and somehow managed by the power of his wayward brain to lay hold upon millions of human lives!
mother fighting fighter
If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.
mother morning autumn
my mother was taught the ch'an concept of happiness, which was to find satisfaction in small things. i was taught to appreciate the fresh air in the morning, the colour of leaves turning red in autumn and the water's smoothness when i soaked my hands in the basin.
art luxury able
To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.