About the author
Yang Meng: publicly available information is limited. At present, only one work by this author is known, The Flavors of Chinatown, classified under world history. Judging from the title and category, the book likely explores the food culture of overseas Chinese neighborhoods, placing everyday tastes within the broader context of history and migration. Food often serves as a lens for observing ethnic migration, cultural exchange, and identity; the flavors of Chinatown carry both nostalgia and records of adaptation and change. The author's choice of this subject shows an interest in the Chinese diaspora experience and the history of daily life. Since details such as birth and death dates, nationality, and educational background remain unconfirmed, this profile makes no speculation; a fuller assessment of the author's writing style and scholarly orientation must await more works.
Written (6)
Rating 3.8★ The Taste of Chinatown 杨猛 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2024 Three Chinese "chefs" from different eras, the evolution of Chinese food in Britain, and a century of overseas Chinese immigration. Zhou Yinghua, a Sh… Rating 4.2★ Strangers in China 杨猛 China Renmin University Press · 2014 Strangers in China is a collection of narrative nonfiction by veteran journalist and nonfiction writer Yang Meng, based on reporting and writing that … The Inner World of a Sausage: In the Age of Biochemical Crisis, You Have No Choice 杨猛 CITIC Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2013 It is an insecure morning in Beijing: a fried egg and two sausages, an utterly ordinary breakfast. This prompts the author, Yang Meng, to ask what exa… Scars and Glory: The Dramatic Life of Zhang Peigang 杨猛 CITIC Press · 2013 Zhang Peigang is a name in the history of Chinese economics that has been repeatedly rewritten by time. In the 1940s, he completed his doctoral disser… Blood on the Waves: Black and White on the China–North Korea Border 杨猛 CITIC Press · 2013 Blood on the Waves: Black and White on the China–North Korea Border is a work of border reportage written by veteran journalist and non-fiction writer… The Last Military Dependents' Village 杨猛 / Zhang Juanfen CITIC Press · 2013 The Last Military Dependents' Village is one title in CITIC Press's "China Stories" series, which records in short nonfiction the fates and circumstan…Publishers
Shanghai Translation Publishing HouseCITIC PressCITIC Publishing Co., Ltd.China Renmin University Press