China Quote by Steven Chu

In December of 1990, just before my eighth birthday, I left China for the United States. My father was a political dissident, and after…

— Leana S. Wen

I first came to China as a child on a visit with my family in 1978.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

My parents and I entered the U.S. legally, but when it was time for our visa extension, we were turned down. Returning to China…

— Leana S. Wen

My father was second-generation Chinese-American, born in 1923 in California. My mother emigrated to the States from China when she was in her early…

— Tess Gerritsen

I am a first-generation American of Chinese decent. My parents were both born and raised in China and moved to the U.S. in their…

— Nathan Chen

Once I was in New York, I completely had no interest for a long time in what happened in China because I had been…

— Ai Weiwei

My parents came to America in the late 1960s because my father studied for a Ph.D. in Indiana. My mother joined him later. We…

— Celeste Ng

My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was…

— Ang Lee

I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations…

— Amy Chua

I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside.

— Jimmy O. Yang

My dad, John, was from China and he met mum after he moved here in the 1960s.

— Gok Wan

I'm a father with two daughters, and I don't want them to feel that they have to go and work in China when they…

— Joe Kaeser