Peter ManBorn and raised in Hong Kong by parents who had left mainland China in 1949, the author was educated at La Salle College, an English Catholic school, where he once aspired to become a priest. The author graduated from McMaster University with an engieering degree and became a Canadian citizen. By a twist of fate, he went into broadcasting and established Canada's first national Chinese language television station. He later worked in China for two decades in the broadcast and telecommunications technologies industry, witnessing the country's meteoric rise. Read More Read Less