Peter Kwong is a professor of Asian American Studies and Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College in New York City, as well as Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. As a pioneer in Asian American studies, a leading scholar of immigration, and an award-winning journalist and filmmaker, widely recognized for his passionate commitment to human rights and social justice. His best known scholarly work is on Chinese Americans and on modern Chinese politics. His books include: Chinese America: The Untold Story of America?s Oldest New Community; Chinese Americans: An Immigrant Experience, co-authored with his wife, Chinese historian Dusanka Miscevic.; Forbidden Workers: Illegal Chinese Immigrants and American Labor; The New Chinatown; Chinatown, New York: Labor and Politics, 1930-1950. He is a frequent contributor to The Nation and The International Herald Tribune and writes a bi-weekly column on Asia, syndicated worldwide by Agence Global. His expos�s of Chinese drug syndicates and Los Angeles racial riots have been nominated for Pulitzer Prize.