Peter Kwong, a professor of Asian American studies at Hunter College, is co-author of Chinese America: The Untold Story of America's Oldest New Community, and Chinese Americans: An Immigrant Experience.
He is best known for his work on Chinese Americans and on modern Chinese politics. He is the recipient of a CINE Golden Eagle Award for co-producing a PBS program on immigration, and a Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship from Hunter College. He co-produced the acclaimed HBO documentary, "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province."
His other books include Forbidden Workers: Chinese Illegal Immigrants and American Labor , The New Chinatown , and Chinatown, New York: Labor and Politics 1930-1950.
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