Peter Hessler (Missouri & Mansfield 1992), an American journalist and writer, graduated from the English Department of Princeton University in 1992. In the same year of graduation, he won a Rhodes scholarship and went to Oxford University for further study. In 1996, he came to Fuling Normal College in Sichuan to teach. Since then, he has a lasting bond with China and lived in China until 2007. In 2011, his family moved to Cairo, Egypt. In 2019, he returned to China with his family and came to Chengdu to teach at Pittsburgh College of Sichuan University. He has written "China Trilogy" which is famous at home and abroad: River Town, Oracle Bones and Country Driving. Besides China, his Strange Stones and The Buried depict people and events in the United States and Egypt. The United States, the United Kingdom, China, Egypt, and back to China - he always starts a new journey after another unexpectedly. In this article, Rhodes China, together with He Wei---Peter's Chinese name---, looks back on his exciting journey of writing for more than 20 years.

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Welcome to the "Rhodes Scholars & China" interview series, where our Chinese Scholars interview Scholar alumni with work or life ties to China, including leaders in academia, journalism, business, medicine, law, and many more fields.

In this first instalment, Xiaorui Zhou (China & Pembroke 2020) interviews Michael Szonyi (Ontario & Merton 1990). Michael Szonyi is Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Frank Wen-hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University. He is a social historian of late imperial and modern China who studies local society in southeast China using a combination of traditional textual sources and ethnographic-style fieldwork. A frequent commentator on Chinese affairs, Szonyi is a Fellow of the Public Intellectual Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations. Read Szonyi's full biography.

The English version is published at the Rhodes Blog. A Chinese version of this interview, translated by Xiaorui Zhou, is available here.

Our new 2021 Scholar-elect Tianyi Wu is committed to changing world inequality and promoting China-Africa development cooperation. What inspires her to apply for Rhodes scholarships, and what makes her finally win it? Recently, EduKnow interviewed with Tianyi Wu, taking you closer to her growth story.

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In July 10th 2020, Yifan became the youngest professor in history at Shenzhen University. She has won World Championships four times in chess, and kept the world record as the youngest player. She graduated from Peking University in China and entered the University of Oxford in 2018 as a Rhodes Scholar. In this interview, She talked about her Rhodes experience and thoughts on career and life.

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