https://www.scmp.com/rss/510457/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com House of Kwa by Mimi Kwa, pub. ABC Books At the end of the 19th century, the 16-year-old Ying Kam, embittered that he was not allowed to marry, absconded from the Kwa family household in Beijing with silver taels, rolls of silk and his father’s fourth wife. Thus begins the story of House of Kwa, by Mimi Kwa, an Australian broadcaster and granddaughter of Ying Kam. This memoir follows her family’s course through the 20th century, in a lively and engaging, if not always historically accurate... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3143092/compelling-history-traditional-chinese-family-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3143092/compelling-history-traditional-chinese-family-era?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jul 2021 21:15:16 +0000