Patricia Williams’ desire to write resurfaced during the two semesters she spent at Beijing University teaching in an MBA program designed by the Jesuits and the Chinese government for Chinese students. Biking around No Name Lake on campus, visiting the Forbidden City, seeing the terracotta soldiers in Xian, performing Tai Chi on the deck of a boat at sunrise on the Yangtse River awakened in her a desire to write about China. She was also inspired by her Chinese graduate assistant. She told Williams her parents were disappointed when she was born. They wanted a son. A diligent student, she scored high on a national test that enabled her to go to university. She was the first person in her family to do so. Williams encouraged her to apply to the Beijing MBA program instead of working for it. She did so, completing her degree at Fordham in New York City. Subsequently, she worked for a large New York accounting firm, passed the CPA exam in record time, and then went to the University of Michigan to pursue a law degree. Ping represents this young woman and all the others Williams met in China who were striving to break free in a patriarchal society.