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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.

The reason Chinese went into groceries was that it was easy to start them. It required little skill and served an important function. In the South they almost completely dominated the grocery industry after it became clear to plantation owners that they couldn't replace slaves with Chinese.

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

There is a perception that the Chinese started out downtrodden and abused in the 19th century and gradually rose to the top of society as model minorities, and you see them winning Nobel Prizes and getting into our best colleges. But it is not a linear progression. Things don't always get better.

For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction.

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

This by no means the last word on the Chinese in America. This is my personal interpretation of the 150-year epic history of Chinese in this country.

Not only do people go into Chinese restaurants, but people are more likely to work with other Chinese-Americans, more likely to marry them.

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book.

Men all across China are going to have trouble finding wives in just a few years.

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