Lynn Pan ( born 1945 in

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), also Ling Pan, is an author and an expert on the

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. She was born in Shanghai and studied at the

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and

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. Her best-known book is ''Sons of the Yellow Emperor''. Pan has lived in

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and

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. She was the director of

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in Singapore from 1995 to 1998.

Selected bibliography

*''In Search of Old Shanghai'' (1982), *''Old Shanghai: Gangsters in Paradise'' (1984), *''China's Sorrow: Journeys Around the Yellow River'' (1985), (published in the U.S. as ''Into China's Heart: An Émigré's Journey Along the Yellow River'') *''The New Chinese Revolution'' (1987), *''Sons of the Yellow Emperor: The Story of the Overseas Chinese'' (1990), (U.S.: ''Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora'') *''Tracing It Home: Journeys Around a Chinese Family'' (1992), *''True to Form: A Celebration of the Art of the Chinese Craftsman'' (2000), *''The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas'' (1999), (ed.) *''Shanghai Style: Art and Design Between the Wars'' (2008),

External links

潘翎(Pan Lynn)Podcast of Lynn Pan discussing “Shanghai Style” at the Shanghai International Literary Festival
Living people 1945 births Chinese sinologists Chinese women writers Writers from Shanghai Women orientalists {{Nonfiction-writer-stub