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. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a peacock. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
Even if they’re not Asian or super rich… everyone has a nagging mother. Everyone has that obnoxious uncle, or that cousin who’s a bit too snobby. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
Growing up in Singapore, I wasn’t allowed to visit China. So when I was finally able to go there after the country began opening up to tourism in the 1990s, I found it to be utterly astounding. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
Living in the West, you see how there’s only two versions of how Asian men are supposed to be. Either they’re very nice, yuppie husbands with children in ads, or they’re IT geeks. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I live in New York, but I still get the village gossip. My apartment is a crash pad for so many Singaporean cousins and friends. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
There’s so much emphasis on the economic might of China, of Southeast Asia, Asian ‘Super Tigers’ and things like that. But nobody was really looking from the perspective of a family story, of these individuals. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
