Emma Ng

[1] Ng's primary education was at Victoria Avenue School in the Auckland suburb of Remuera.

[4][5] She has also written for publications including The Pantograph Punch, ArtAsiaPacific, The Spinoff and Art New Zealand.

[6] Ng lived in New York City where she completed a master's degree in design research and criticism at the School of Visual Arts.

[7] The book's conception was in response to the Labour Party's leaked data analytics in 2015, which surveyed New Zealand house buyers with 'Chinese' surnames.

[1][8] The book highlights concepts such as yellow peril and the model minority myth, which affect contemporary experiences of Chinese New Zealanders, as well as discussing historical race-based laws including the Chinese Immigrants Act and the poll tax established in 1881.