Why the Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China before Mao

This seminar is originated from the author’s recent published biography “The Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China before Mao.” During the seminar, Professor Li will talk about his experience in China and Hong Kong of the 1940’s and 1950’s.

Prof. Li was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong in 1950. After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1963, he enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in mathematics at Stanford University and later transferred to UC Berkeley to study linguistics. Before his retirement in 2007, Prof. Li was the Dean of Graduate Division and a Professor of Linguistics at University of California, Santa Barbara.

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