Lijia Zhang
Lijia Zhang is a writer, social commentator and public speaker. Her articles have appeared in The Guardian, The South China Morning Post, Newsweek, and The New York Times. She is author of the memoir Socialism Is Great! (Anchor, 2008) about her…
Lijia Zhang is a writer, social commentator and public speaker. Her articles have appeared in The Guardian, The South China Morning Post, Newsweek, and The New York Times. She is author of the memoir Socialism Is Great! (Anchor, 2008) about her journey from factory worker to writer, and the novel Lotus (Henry Holt & Co, 2016), following a prostitute’s life in China. Zhang is a regular speaker on the BBC, Channel 4, CNN and NPR. She divides her time between London and Beijing.