Author: Christine Lim.

Cultural Writing. Asian Studies. HUA SONG is the history of the Chinese Diaspora, the period in the late 1800s and early 1900s when war and pestilence drove thousands of Chinese to every part of the world in search of a better life. This unique history celebrates the spirit and memory of those who left their homes for a dream, weaving together the threads of this epic journey and giving voice to the men and women who undertook it. This jewel-box of archival images artifacts recalls a common past, bringing to vivid life the continuing story of the Chinese overseas. "The story of how [the] Chinese set forth, how they were treated where they landed, how some returned and others fought to stay on, and how their descendants helped to develop their adopted lands, is succinctly and graphically told in this volume..."--Wang Gungwu