Born in Shanghai, Ruiyan Xu moved to the United States at the age of ten without speaking a word of English. She graduated from Brown University with honors in creative writing and currently works as an interactive producer at P.O.V., the independent documentary series on PBS.
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Li Jing, a high-flying financier, has just joined his father for dinner at the grand Swan Hotel in central Shanghai when, without warning, the ground begins to rumble, shifts, then explodes in a roar of hot, unfurling air. As Li Jing drags his unconscious... SEE MORE