Eric Liu, October 22

Published: Nov. 17, 2014, 3:05 p.m.

Liu asks, \u201cWhat does it mean to be Chinese American in this moment of China and America?\u201d In essays that range from the meaning of Confucius, to the role of Chinese Americans in shaping how we read the Constitution, to why he dislikes the hyphen in "Chinese-American," Liu pieces together a sense of the Chinese American identity in these auspicious years for both countries.\n\nEric Liu is the founder and CEO of Citizen University and the author of \u201cThe Accidental Asian,\u201d \u201cGuiding Lights\u201d and \u201cThe Gardens of Democracy.\u201d He served as a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President Bill Clinton and as a trustee of The Seattle Public Library. Liu is a regular columnist for CNN.com and a correspondent for TheAtlantic.com.