“We witnessed China’s 40 years of economic transformation, and in some ways even participated in these changes.”

“I’m gratified that many of my students from the early 1990s who went abroad have returned and become quite successful right here in China. I love being able to say, ‘I told you so!’”

“Xiamen is my first hometown because, in the U.S., the longest I lived in one place was seven years but I’ve lived in Xiamen for 30 years.”