” I sort of wanted to reveal this other side of Asia: Southeast Asia, where the Chinese have been wealthy for generations and have different ways of relating to money. I wanted to sort of reveal this world to readers. “
” I do believe that peoples’ natures can be changed, and they have to be changed if we want to live in this modern world and be a part of it. “
” China rich’ is the new ‘crazy rich.’ It’s a new level of outrageousness. It comes from this world where overnight fortunes have been made, but the fortunes are so ginormous compared to anything we’ve ever seen in the history of the world. “
” Especially in the West, people want to understand Asia on a deeper level because it’s become the engine of the world economy, like it or not. “
” The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places. “
” All Americans knew was ‘The Joy Luck Club’ and children of dry cleaners trying to assimilate. The Asia that I was seeing was a world of people who are incredibly sophisticated, and I wanted to represent that side. “
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