SettingsAmerican expatriates in China
Agnes Smedley
Agnes Smedley was an American journalist and writer best known for her semi-autobiographical novel Daughter of Earth.
Agnes Smedley was an American journalist and writer best known for her semi-autobiographical novel Daughter of Earth.
Ai Hua
Ai Hua is the Chinese stage name adopted by American Charlotte MacInnis.
Ai Hua is the Chinese stage name adopted by American Charlotte MacInnis.
Alice Tisdale Hobart
Alice Tisdale Hobart (January 28, 1882 – March 14, 1967) born Alice Nourse in Lockport, New York, was an American novelist.
Alice Tisdale Hobart (January 28, 1882 – March 14, 1967) born Alice Nourse in Lockport, New York, was an American novelist.
Americans in China
Americans in China comprises expatriates and immigrants from the United States as well as their locally born descendants.
Americans in China comprises expatriates and immigrants from the United States as well as their locally born descendants.
Anna Louise Strong
Anna Louise Strong was a twentieth-century American journalist and activist, best known for her reporting on and support for communist movements in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of ...
Anna Louise Strong was a twentieth-century American journalist and activist, best known for her reporting on and support for communist movements in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of ...
Arthur Henderson Smith
Arthur Henderson Smith was a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions famous for spending 54 years as a missionary in China and writing books which presented China ...
Arthur Henderson Smith was a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions famous for spending 54 years as a missionary in China and writing books which presented China ...
Arthur W. Hummel, Sr.
Arthur William Hummel, Sr. (March 6, 1884 – March 10, 1975) was an American Christian missionary to China, noted Sinologist and father of Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., a career diplomat and U.S. ...
Arthur William Hummel, Sr. (March 6, 1884 – March 10, 1975) was an American Christian missionary to China, noted Sinologist and father of Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., a career diplomat and U.S. ...
Carl Crow
Carl Crow was a Missouri-born newspaperman, businessman, and author who managed several newspapers and then opened the first Western advertising agency in Shanghai, China.
Carl Crow was a Missouri-born newspaperman, businessman, and author who managed several newspapers and then opened the first Western advertising agency in Shanghai, China.
Carma Hinton
Carma Hinton is a documentary filmmaker and Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Visual Culture and Chinese Studies at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, United States.
Carma Hinton is a documentary filmmaker and Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Visual Culture and Chinese Studies at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, United States.
Channing Moore Williams
Channing Moore Williams, (17 July 1829 – 2 December 1910) was an Episcopalian missionary to China and Japan and later bishop.
Channing Moore Williams, (17 July 1829 – 2 December 1910) was an Episcopalian missionary to China and Japan and later bishop.
Charles T. Cross
Charles T. "Chuck" Cross was an American career diplomat and ambassador who held many positions in American government around the world.
Charles T. "Chuck" Cross was an American career diplomat and ambassador who held many positions in American government around the world.
Chester Holcombe
Chester Holcombe was an American diplomat and author.
Chester Holcombe was an American diplomat and author.
China Hands
The term China Hand originally referred to 19th-century merchants in the treaty ports of China, but evolved to reflect anyone with expert knowledge of the language, culture, and people of China.
The term China Hand originally referred to 19th-century merchants in the treaty ports of China, but evolved to reflect anyone with expert knowledge of the language, culture, and people of China.
Chinese Characteristics
Chinese Characteristics is a book by U.S. Christian missionary Arthur Henderson Smith, published in 1890 in the Qing Empire, and four years later in the U.S.A.
Chinese Characteristics is a book by U.S. Christian missionary Arthur Henderson Smith, published in 1890 in the Qing Empire, and four years later in the U.S.A.
David Hastings Moore
David Hastings Moore (September 4, 1838 – November 23, 1915) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1900.
David Hastings Moore (September 4, 1838 – November 23, 1915) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1900.
David Vanterpool
David Vanterpool is a retired American professional basketball player who played for various teams around the globe.
David Vanterpool is a retired American professional basketball player who played for various teams around the globe.
Douglas T. Ross
Douglas Taylor Ross was an American computer scientist pioneer, and Chairman of SofTech, Inc.. He is most famous for originating the term CAD for computer-aided design, and is consider to be th...
Douglas Taylor Ross was an American computer scientist pioneer, and Chairman of SofTech, Inc.. He is most famous for originating the term CAD for computer-aided design, and is consider to be th...
Edgar Snow
Edgar P. Snow was an American journalist known for his books and articles on Communism in China and the Chinese Communist revolution.
Edgar P. Snow was an American journalist known for his books and articles on Communism in China and the Chinese Communist revolution.
Eli Kim
U-KISS (유키스) debuted as a seven-member South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008.
U-KISS (유키스) debuted as a seven-member South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008.
Elijah Coleman Bridgman
Elijah Coleman Bridgman (April 22, 1801 – November 2, 1861) was the first American Protestant Christian missionary appointed to China.
Elijah Coleman Bridgman (April 22, 1801 – November 2, 1861) was the first American Protestant Christian missionary appointed to China.
Emily Chang (journalist)
Emily Chang, an American journalist, is a Bloomberg TV anchor based in San Francisco.
Emily Chang, an American journalist, is a Bloomberg TV anchor based in San Francisco.
Emily Hahn
Emily Hahn was an American journalist and author.
Emily Hahn was an American journalist and author.
Erwin Engst
Erwin (Sid) Engst (1919 - 2003; ) was an American advisor to the People's Republic to China.
Erwin (Sid) Engst (1919 - 2003; ) was an American advisor to the People's Republic to China.
F. Tillman Durdin
Frank Tillman Durdin was a longtime foreign correspondent for The New York Times.
Frank Tillman Durdin was a longtime foreign correspondent for The New York Times.
F.Tillman Durdin
F. Tillman Durdin (March 30, 1907 - July 7, 1998) was a longtime foreign correspondent for the New York Times.
F. Tillman Durdin (March 30, 1907 - July 7, 1998) was a longtime foreign correspondent for the New York Times.
Fighting Angel
Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul is a memoir, sometimes called a "creative non-fiction novel," written by Pearl S. Buck about her father, Absalom Sydenstricker as a companion to her memoir...
Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul is a memoir, sometimes called a "creative non-fiction novel," written by Pearl S. Buck about her father, Absalom Sydenstricker as a companion to her memoir...
Francis Dunlap Gamewell
Francis Dunlap Gamewell (b. Aug 31, 1857, Camden, SC; d. Aug 14, 1950, Clifton Springs, NY) was a Methodist missionary in China.
Francis Dunlap Gamewell (b. Aug 31, 1857, Camden, SC; d. Aug 14, 1950, Clifton Springs, NY) was a Methodist missionary in China.
Frank Coe
Virginius Frank Coe (1907–June 2, 1980) was a United States government official who was identified by Soviet defectors Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers as being an underground memb...
Virginius Frank Coe (1907–June 2, 1980) was a United States government official who was identified by Soviet defectors Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers as being an underground memb...
Gerald Tannebaum
Gerald Tannebaum (1917 – 9 March 2001) was an American humanitarian and actor in China.
Gerald Tannebaum (1917 – 9 March 2001) was an American humanitarian and actor in China.
Gerardo Laterza
Gerardo (Gerry) Laterza is a retired Paraguayan soccer player who is also an American citizen.
Gerardo (Gerry) Laterza is a retired Paraguayan soccer player who is also an American citizen.
Gideon Nye
Gideon Nye was an American diplomat, art collector, and a merchant in the East India and China trade, known both for his art collection and for his writings on China.
Gideon Nye was an American diplomat, art collector, and a merchant in the East India and China trade, known both for his art collection and for his writings on China.
Harold Isaacs
Harold Robert Isaacs was a historian and one-time Marxist historian of the Chinese Revolution of 1925-27.
Harold Robert Isaacs was a historian and one-time Marxist historian of the Chinese Revolution of 1925-27.
Harriet Low
Harriett Low Hillard was an American woman of letters and diarist.
Harriett Low Hillard was an American woman of letters and diarist.
Helen Foster Snow
Helen Foster Snow was an American journalist who reported from China in the 1930s under the name "Nym Wales" on the developing revolution in China and the Korean independence movement.
Helen Foster Snow was an American journalist who reported from China in the 1930s under the name "Nym Wales" on the developing revolution in China and the Korean independence movement.
Herbert George Welch (Methodist Bishop)
Herbert George Welch (November 7, 1862 – April 4, 1969) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church.
Herbert George Welch (November 7, 1862 – April 4, 1969) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church.
Hosea Ballou Morse
Hosea Ballou Morse, (1855-1934) who published under the name H.B. Morse, was an American who served in the Chinese Imperial Maritime Custom Service from 1874 to 1908, but is best known for his s...
Hosea Ballou Morse, (1855-1934) who published under the name H.B. Morse, was an American who served in the Chinese Imperial Maritime Custom Service from 1874 to 1908, but is best known for his s...
Ida Pruitt
Ida Pruitt (1888 – 1985), bi-cultural social worker, author, speaker, interpreter and 20th century contributor to Sino-American understanding.
Ida Pruitt (1888 – 1985), bi-cultural social worker, author, speaker, interpreter and 20th century contributor to Sino-American understanding.
Isabel Ingram
Isabel Ingram (Mayer) (1902–1988) was an American tutor of Wan Rong, Empress and wife of the last emperor of China.
Isabel Ingram (Mayer) (1902–1988) was an American tutor of Wan Rong, Empress and wife of the last emperor of China.
J. Stapleton Roy
J. Stapleton Roy (Chinese: 芮效俭; Pinyin: Ruì Xiàojiăn; born 1935) was a senior United States diplomat specializing in Asian affairs.
J. Stapleton Roy (Chinese: 芮效俭; Pinyin: Ruì Xiàojiăn; born 1935) was a senior United States diplomat specializing in Asian affairs.
Jack Belden
Jack Belden (February 3, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York – June 3, 1989 in Paris) was an American war correspondent who covered the Japanese invasion of China, the Second World War and the Chin...
Jack Belden (February 3, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York – June 3, 1989 in Paris) was an American war correspondent who covered the Japanese invasion of China, the Second World War and the Chin...
James R. Lilley
James Roderick Lilley; born January 15, 1928 in Qingdao, China; died November 12, 2009 in Washington, DC; was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to China at the time of ...
James Roderick Lilley; born January 15, 1928 in Qingdao, China; died November 12, 2009 in Washington, DC; was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to China at the time of ...
Jeff LoCastro
Jeff LoCastro is an American real estate developer/investor, entrepreneur, and businessman who founded the largest professional association in China, organized the largest private assemblage of ...
Jeff LoCastro is an American real estate developer/investor, entrepreneur, and businessman who founded the largest professional association in China, organized the largest private assemblage of ...
Jeffrey S. Lehman
Jeffrey Sean Lehman is an American scholar, lawyer and academic administrator who is currently serving as the chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in...
Jeffrey Sean Lehman is an American scholar, lawyer and academic administrator who is currently serving as the chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in...
Jerry Laterza
Gerardo "Jerry" Laterza is a retired Paraguayan soccer player who is also an American citizen.
Gerardo "Jerry" Laterza is a retired Paraguayan soccer player who is also an American citizen.
Jimmi Seiter
Jimmi Seiter (born James Duke Seiter May 2, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A) has worked as a musician, percussionist, tour manager, artist manager, music producer, sound designer, stage produ...
Jimmi Seiter (born James Duke Seiter May 2, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A) has worked as a musician, percussionist, tour manager, artist manager, music producer, sound designer, stage produ...
Joan Hinton
Joan Hinton (Chinese name: 寒春, Pinyin: Hán Chūn; 20 October 1921 – 8 June 2010) was a nuclear physicist and one of the few women who worked for the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos.
Joan Hinton (Chinese name: 寒春, Pinyin: Hán Chūn; 20 October 1921 – 8 June 2010) was a nuclear physicist and one of the few women who worked for the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos.
Joe Alexander (basketball)
Joe Alexander (born December 26, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for BC Krasnye Krylya Samara of the Russian Professional Basketball League.
Joe Alexander (born December 26, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for BC Krasnye Krylya Samara of the Russian Professional Basketball League.
John Hersey
John Richard Hersey was an American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling devices of the novel are fused with ...
John Richard Hersey was an American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling devices of the novel are fused with ...
John K. Fairbank
John King Fairbank, was a prominent American academic and historian of China.
John King Fairbank, was a prominent American academic and historian of China.
John Krause
John Krause is an American-born Puerto Rican international footballer who currently plays for Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League.
John Krause is an American-born Puerto Rican international footballer who currently plays for Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League.
John Leighton Stuart
John Leighton Stuart (; Pinyin: Sītú Léidēng; born June 24, 1876; died in 1962) was the first President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China; he was the last pe...
John Leighton Stuart (; Pinyin: Sītú Léidēng; born June 24, 1876; died in 1962) was the first President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China; he was the last pe...
John Livingstone Nevius
John Livingston Nevius was, for forty years, a pioneering American Protestant missionary in China, appointed by the American Presbyterian Mission; his missionary ideas were also very important i...
John Livingston Nevius was, for forty years, a pioneering American Protestant missionary in China, appointed by the American Presbyterian Mission; his missionary ideas were also very important i...
John Lossing Buck
John Lossing Buck was an American agricultural economist specializing in the rural economy of China.
John Lossing Buck was an American agricultural economist specializing in the rural economy of China.
John S. Service
John Stewart Service was an American diplomat who served in the Foreign Service in China prior to and during World War II. Considered one of the State Department's "China Hands," he was an impo...
John Stewart Service was an American diplomat who served in the Foreign Service in China prior to and during World War II. Considered one of the State Department's "China Hands," he was an impo...
Kim Eli
Kim Kyoung-Jae or Ellison Kim (born March 13, 1991), popularly known as Eli Kim, is an American-born South Korean idol singer and one of the seven-member Korean boyband, U-KISS unde...
Kim Kyoung-Jae or Ellison Kim (born March 13, 1991), popularly known as Eli Kim, is an American-born South Korean idol singer and one of the seven-member Korean boyband, U-KISS unde...
Lyle Martin
Lyle Martin (born March 25, 1985 in Bakersfield, California) is an American soccer player.
Lyle Martin (born March 25, 1985 in Bakersfield, California) is an American soccer player.
Ma Haide (George Hatem)
Ma Haide (; September 26, 1910 – October 3, 1988), born Shafick George Hatem (جورج شفيق حاتم) in Buffalo, New York, USA, is an ethnic Lebanese Chinese doctor.
Ma Haide (; September 26, 1910 – October 3, 1988), born Shafick George Hatem (جورج شفيق حاتم) in Buffalo, New York, USA, is an ethnic Lebanese Chinese doctor.
Manya Reiss
Manya Reiss was an American Marxist-Leninist and a founding member of the Communist Party USA.
Manya Reiss was an American Marxist-Leninist and a founding member of the Communist Party USA.
Orrin Freeman
Orrin Erastus Freeman (1830–1866) was an American professional photographer in China and Japan.
Orrin Erastus Freeman (1830–1866) was an American professional photographer in China and Japan.
Owen Lattimore
Owen Lattimore (July 29, 1900 – May 31, 1989) was an American author, educator, and influential scholar of Central Asia, especially Mongolia.
Owen Lattimore (July 29, 1900 – May 31, 1989) was an American author, educator, and influential scholar of Central Asia, especially Mongolia.
Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhju, was an American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhju, was an American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China.
Robert Baird McClure
Robert Baird McClure, was a Canadian physician, medical missionary, and the 23rd Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 1968 to 1971.
Robert Baird McClure, was a Canadian physician, medical missionary, and the 23rd Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 1968 to 1971.
Robert F. Williams
Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was a civil rights leader, the president of the Monroe, North Carolina NAACP chapter in the 1950s and early 1960s, and author.
Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was a civil rights leader, the president of the Monroe, North Carolina NAACP chapter in the 1950s and early 1960s, and author.
Ruth Graham
Ruth Bell Graham (June 10, 1920 – June 14, 2007), wife of the famous evangelist Billy Graham, was born at Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China as Ruth McCue Bell, the second of five children.
Ruth Bell Graham (June 10, 1920 – June 14, 2007), wife of the famous evangelist Billy Graham, was born at Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China as Ruth McCue Bell, the second of five children.
Samuel Wells Williams
Samuel Wells Williams (衛三畏; 22 September 1812 - February 16, 1884) was a linguist, missionary and Sinologist from the United States in the early 19th century.
Samuel Wells Williams (衛三畏; 22 September 1812 - February 16, 1884) was a linguist, missionary and Sinologist from the United States in the early 19th century.
Sidney D. Gamble
Sidney D. Gamble was born on July 12 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to David Berry and Mary Huggins Gamble; grandson of James Gamble, who, with William Procter, founded Procter & Gamble in 1837.
Sidney D. Gamble was born on July 12 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to David Berry and Mary Huggins Gamble; grandson of James Gamble, who, with William Procter, founded Procter & Gamble in 1837.
Sidney Rittenberg
Sidney Rittenberg is an American journalist, Chinese-English interpreter, and scholar who lived in China from 1944 to 1979.
Sidney Rittenberg is an American journalist, Chinese-English interpreter, and scholar who lived in China from 1944 to 1979.
Sidney Shapiro
Sidney Shapiro (born December 23, 1915) is an American author and translator who has lived in China since 1947.
Sidney Shapiro (born December 23, 1915) is an American author and translator who has lived in China since 1947.
Solomon Adler
Solomon Adler was an economist who worked in the U. S. Treasury Department, serving as Treasury representative in China during World War II. He was identified by Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth...
Solomon Adler was an economist who worked in the U. S. Treasury Department, serving as Treasury representative in China during World War II. He was identified by Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth...
The Exile (1936)
The Exile is a memoir/ biography, or work of creative non-fiction, written by Pearl S. Buck about her mother, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker, describing her life growing up in West Virginia...
The Exile is a memoir/ biography, or work of creative non-fiction, written by Pearl S. Buck about her mother, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker, describing her life growing up in West Virginia...
Walter Judd
Walter Henry Judd was an American politician best known for his battle in Congress to define the conservative position on China as all-out support for the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-sheck and...
Walter Henry Judd was an American politician best known for his battle in Congress to define the conservative position on China as all-out support for the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-sheck and...
William H. Hinton
William Howard Hinton was an American farmer and prolific writer.
William Howard Hinton was an American farmer and prolific writer.
William Scott Ament
William Scott Ament (Chinese Name: 梅子明 Mei Wei Liang) (born 14 September 1851; died 6 January 1909 in San Francisco, California) was a missionary to China for the American Board of Commissioners...
William Scott Ament (Chinese Name: 梅子明 Mei Wei Liang) (born 14 September 1851; died 6 January 1909 in San Francisco, California) was a missionary to China for the American Board of Commissioners...
William Wightman Wood
William Wightman Wood ( ?1804 – ?) was an American journalist, businessman and poet based in Macau and Canton, China.
William Wightman Wood ( ?1804 – ?) was an American journalist, businessman and poet based in Macau and Canton, China.