Dr. Chiufang Hwang Reveals Roots of Culture of Fear Among Chinese Immigrants in Escape from Taiwan

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Dr. Chiufang Hwang Reveals Roots of Culture of
Fear Among Chinese Immigrants in Escape from
Taiwan
1888 Press Release - Autobiographer recounts
historical events that informed the upbringing of
Taiwanese in the United States in new
memoir. DALLAS Like many from Taiwan, Dr.
Chiufang Hwangs parents immigrated in the United
States in the late 1960s to flee the regime of a
dictator who used murder, brutality, and fear to
stay in power and quell any political or social
dissent. But the impact of the legacy of
oppression didnt end on Americas shores. In
Escape from Taiwan, Hwang recounts how her
parents generation may have found refuge here,
but never felt truly safe, creating an outlook of
fear among the children of these Taiwanese
immigrants as well. Escape from Taiwan describes
how the political repression Hwangs parents
experienced in Taiwan remained a constant specter
during her own childhood despite the freedom,
democracy, and opportunities offered here, due to
her parents paranoia because of their
involvement in secret Taiwanese expat
pro-democracy organizations. Even though I
grew up in the United States, I was raised by
people whose outlook was informed by fear and
oppression and instilled in me the dangers of
speaking out, says Hwang. For me and other
children of Taiwanese immigrants, their legacy of
oppression became ours by default, and impacted
our efforts to assimilate to our adopted
country. Part memoir, part family history, the
book recounts Hwangs journey to understand the
historical events that informed her upbringing,
and in the process, how she gained a greater
appreciation for the ideals represented by the
Statue of Liberty to generations of immigrants.
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Escape from Taiwan Legacy of Oppression can be
purchased online through SDP Publishing, Amazon,
Barnes and Noble and other retailers. Dr. Hwang
previously published the books American
Sweetheart, Grown-Up Child, and Finding Janine.
For more information about Dr. Chiufang Hwang,
visit www.chiufang.com or connect with her on
Instagram and Twitter. About the Author Chiufang
Hwang, MD, received her doctor of medicine degree
from the University of Texas' School of Medicine
and completed her residency in psychiatry and a
fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at
the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School in Dallas, where she lives with her
husband and two sons. http//www.sdppublishing.co
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