Biography
2002 M.A. in Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison
lives and works as cultural researcher in China and Switzerland
Born to a mix of local Hakka and China mainlander family in Taiwan, Chuang has been exposed to the richness and contradiction of the country’s unique history and cultural environment. Since her teens, she has been keen to discover untold stories and everyday nuances of life beneath the surface.
Chuang is the author (together with Matthias Messmer) of the illustrative volume China’s Vanishing Worlds: Countryside, Traditions and Cultural Spaces (MIT Press, 2013).