Lu, Li
name: label: Collection Interviewer
content: Allison, David Kite
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content: Velasquez, Steve
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Yeingst, William
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Audio Interviews
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content: 598.64 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 00:59:18, audio/wav)
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content: 2016-05-03
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content: Item NMAH-AC1365-BDA0013
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Audio
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content: Oral history interview with Li Lu, founder and Chair of Himalaya Capital. Originally from China, Lu recounts growing up in foster families until his biological parents were free after the Cultural Revolution; becoming a student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and going into hiding after appearing on China's most wanted list; escaping to New York City via Hong Kong and France; adapting to life in America; studying at Columbia University; evolving notions of Chinese and American identities, traditions and values; family and homelife; and building his investment career.