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At the Edge of Empire is an epic story of modern China that weaves a riveting family memoir with vital reporting, and an essential work for understanding China today. Kirkus Reviews opines, “[A] fascinating, ambitiously textured narrative…Wong capably interweaves intimate details with broader truths. A well-written, multilayered work of poignant familial memories and personal reflection.” This program is part of the Hudson Library & Historical Society’s China Month, exploring the rich history, arts, and culture of China.

The son of Chinese immigrants, Edward Wong grew up around Washington D.C. with family secrets. His father worked in Chinese restaurants and rarely spoke about his native land or his time as a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army under Mao. When Wong moved to Beijing as a correspondent for The New York Times, he was given the rare opportunity to investigate his father’s mysterious past, while also assessing for himself the dream of a resurgent China. Wong tells a moving chronicle of a family and a nation that spans decades of momentous change and gives profound insight into a new authoritarian age transforming the world.

Edward Wong is a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times. In twenty-five years at the Times, he has reported from scores of countries and served as a war correspondent in Iraq and as the Beijing bureau chief. He is the winner of the Livingston Award for international reporting and was on a team of Pulitzer Prize finalists. He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a visiting professor at Princeton University and U.C. Berkeley. He has done fellowships at the Wilson Center and the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School. Wong speaks on global issues to television and radio outlets, including CBS, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, and BBC.

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