Manying Ip , known as Bess Ip, (born 1945) is a social historian and emeritus professor in Auckland, New Zealand, who has published on the identity of Chinese New Zealanders.

Early life and education

Ip was born in 1945 in

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

. Her parents had moved to the Guizhou region to escape the

Japanese invasion of Hong Kong The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor, forces of the ...

. She undertook university study in Hong Kong, and then completed a PhD in the History Department of the University of Auckland in 1983, titled ''From Qing reformer to twentieth-century publisher: the life and times of Zhang Yuanji 1867–1959''.

Work

Ip's PhD thesis was published by Beijing Commercial Press in 1985, and she has continued to study and publish on the Chinese diaspora, especially in relation to the identity of Chinese New Zealanders and New Zealand relationships with Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. Ip was appointed to the Human Rights Commission in 2003. Ip is also a trustee of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Board.

Selected publications

* * * * * * Reprinted in 2013.

Awards and honours

Ip was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993. In June 1996 Ip was made an

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rend ...

for services to the Chinese community. Ip was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2009. She is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of Humanities. Ip was made a

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant (document), royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Monarchy of New Zealand, Queen of New Zealand, "for those ...

for services to the Chinese community and education in the New Years Honours for 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ip, Manying Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand historians Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 1945 births People from Guizhou University of Auckland alumni Academic staff of the University of Auckland Living people 21st-century New Zealand historians Chinese emigrants to New Zealand