Bio
Lijia Zhang (Zhang Lijia) (born in May 1, 1964 in Nanjing) is a writer, journalist and public speaker. She describes herself as a communicator between China and the world and has given talks at conferences about contemporary China and lectured at many top universities including Stanford and Harvard and The University of Sydney. Her articles have been published in many newspapers and magazines. She co-authored China Remembers (OUP, 1999) and her memoir ‘Socialism is Great!’ A Worker’s Memoir of The New China, is published by Atlas & Co. and Random House and has been translated into seven languages. She was the subject of a BBC TV documentary Peschardt’s People. Sponsored by the US State Department, she was a fellow on the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program in 2009, She is completing her first novel, Lotus, about prostitution set in modern day Shenzhen. She currently lives in Beijing with her two daughters. She is a regular guest on ABC, BBC and CNN.