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Bend, Not Break

Ping Fu

  • 276 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2012
  • 3 editions
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1 About this book

Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds is a 2012 memoir by Ping Fu, with co-author MeiMei Fox. The book tells stories from Fu's life, starting with her childhood in China at the dawn of the Cultural Revolution, and continuing through her role as co-founder and CEO of Geomagic, a 3D graphics software development company in the United States. The book was first published in English on December 31, 2012, through Portfolio Hardcover.

Several weeks after publication, the book became the focus of controversy over claims by Chinese bloggers, and commenters from both China and America, that Fu had exaggerated or falsified some of the stories from her life in China. Fu has denied falsifying her stories, but has acknowledged some errors in the book, and has committed to correcting them in the next printing.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: a true life story and history.

  • Resilience (Personality trait)
  • Chinese American women
  • Political refugees
  • Biography
  • History
  • Businesspeople, biography
  • China, biography
  • Chinese Americans

2 About Ping Fu

Born 1958

Ping Fu (born 1958) is a Chinese-American entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of 3D software development company Geomagic, and was its chief executive officer until February 2013 when the company was acquired by 3D Systems Inc. As of March 2014, she is the Vice President and Chief Entrepreneur Officer at 3D Systems. Fu grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and moved to the United States in 1984.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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