Fu ping bend not break book

Ping fu is the founder of 3d software pioneer geomagic and a true believer in the transformative power of 3d technology. A life in two worlds is a 2012 memoir by ping fu, with coauthor meimei fox. A heartbreaking history living through maos cultural revolution, her family is forcibly split up, and an 8 year old ping is raising and protecting her 4 year old sister. A life in two worlds kindle edition by fu, ping, fox, meimei. Born on the eve of chinas cultural revolution, ping fu was separated from her family at the age of eight. Born in maoist china, ping fled a life of poverty to eventually cofound geomagic, a revolutionary 3d software company. Is ping fus book bend, not break a load of nonsense. Bend, not break tells the incredible personal story of a journey from imprisonment to freedom, from the dogmatic anticapitalism of maos china to the highstakes world of technology startups in the us. So, bend, not break is either a perfect example of why i dont, or its simply a terrible book. On december 31, 2012, fu published a memoir, bend, not break. Bend, not break author ping fu responds to backlash. Ping fu harkens back to that time in her new book bend, not break. Ping fu, founder of geomagic, a 3d digitalreality solution company, reveals the inspiring story of her life. To be beaten and raped for the crime of being born into a welleducated family.

A life in two worlds, a powerful, deeply personal memoir that chronicles her life in china as a victim of maos. Bend not break is a story of personal resilience and of business success by someone who is almost an accidental entrepreneur. Do not read this book if you reject kindness, humility, and ingenuity. Linda yueh finds the book a vivid narration of fus life experiences. Bend, not break centers around eight of ping fus life lessons, from her childhood in maos china, to finding her way as a poor american immigrant, to becoming a. Fu ping has responded by claiming to be a victim of a smear campaign of ulterior motives. Ceo and cofounder of geomagic, ping fu, is releasing her bend not break penguin. Coauthored with meimei fox, the book told the stories of her life, from her early childhood in china to her experiences as an entrepreneur, including founding and leading geomagic. The book, along with her media interviews, has been found to contain many exaggerations, distortions, and fabrications. There the bookloving pearl in the hand as she was known to her family was forced to eat dirt and worse by.

Browns first pick is tech entrepreneur ping fus memoir, bend, not break. As a lawabiding us citizen and a conscientious reader just like other chinese americans on amazon, i have the obligation to inform the general public of the falsehood in ping fus memoir bend, not break as well as her interviews with different media. Ping fu was the founder of geomagic, a 3d digital reality solution company, and is now chief strategy officer of 3d systems. Bend not break season 1500 episode 1532 26m 46s ping fu knows what its like to be a child soldier, a factory worker, and a political prisoner. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading bend, not break. Fu ping, cofounder of software company geomagic, recently had a roller coaster ride through media attention after the release of her new book bend not break. In early 20, fu ping published her autobiography bend, not break, coauthored with meimei fox.

We are proud to announce that our ceo and cofounder, ping fu, is releasing her book today. Bend, not break is an astounding success story, with a generous sprinkling of ancient asian and contemporary teachingslife lessons available to any reader willing to learn from them. Ping fus childhood tales of chinas cultural revolution. Dg talks to ping fu about his book, bend not break. It is a tribute to one womans courage in the face of cruelty and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience. That existence was blown apart by the cultural revolution, during which her family was regarded as an enemy. So wrote sally rosenthal, the television producer, in her early appraisal of bend, not break by ping fu, a memoir of 50. The title of the memoir comes from a saying of the authors father about bamboo and its ability to move with the harsh wind instead of snapping under its pressure. Ping fu knows what its like to be a child soldier, a factory worker, and a political prisoner. The truthfulness of ping fus memoir has been called into question. The book bend, not break lies from the first sentence, and the lie continues in the following chapters throughout the book. Meimei fox in her autobiography, ping fu tells her story as she lived itfrom child soldier and political prisoner to a ceo and inc.

Bend not break by ping fu with meimei fox penguin group 276 pages. To start all over, without family or friends, as a maid, waitress, and student. Its like im living the book title, says ping fu, author of the new memoir bend, not break. Buy this book in this outstanding testament to the resilience of the human. Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking.

This is the promotional trailer for my latest book, bend, not break, written with ping fu, founder and ceo of geomagic. Until age 8, ping and her intellectual, doting parents lived comfortably in shanghai. Discover hundreds of talks from the worlds creative community at. Ping fus ragstoriches memoir bend not break says she was torn away from her parents at eight, brutally abused and sent to work in a factory. Ping fu defends bend, not break memoir against online. Bend, not break depicts a journey from imprisonment to freedom, and from the dogmatic anticapitalism of maos china to the highstakes, takenoprisoners world of technology startups in. Bend, not break by ping fu penguin books australia. Fu, today a successful american entrepreneur whose company is to be acquired by 3d systems, this month discussed her book.

It is just interesting for us to wonder what kind of editing errors can result in stories that never exited, or how bad a memory ping fu has to have to write a bio contradicting to her schoolmates memories and chinese readers common sense. Bend, not break, by ping fu exclusive excerpt boing boing. Chinese cast doubt over executives rags to riches tale. Even though ping was asked to leave china, she had to wait for an official passport to be issued. Bend not break author ping fu knows what it is like to be a pioneering software programmer, an entrepreneur, a ceo, and a true american success story. Bend not break a new book by geomagic ceo, ping fu. Ping fu begins her story as she is exiled from china and en route to america. We should feel it all the time, but occasionally we have trouble accessing itwhich is when you need to pick up bend, not break by ping fu. It is a tribute to one womans courage in the face of cruelty and.

It is a story of personal resilience and of business success by someone who is almost an accidental entrepreneur. The book tells stories from fus life, starting with her childhood in china at the dawn of the cultural revolution, and continuing through her role as cofounder and ceo of geomagic, a 3d graphics software development company in the united states. She then founded geomagic, a company that has literally reshaped the world, from personalizing prosthetic limbs to repairing nasa spaceships. Bend, not break by fu, ping penguin random house south. One major piece of evidence that she was dishonest in telling her cultural revolution tales is another book ping fu wrote in chinese and published in 1996 by a publishing house in. It is a tribute to one womans courage in the face of cruelty, and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience. It is just interesting for us to wonder what kind of editing errors can result in stories that never exited, or how bad a memory ping fu has to have to write a bio contradicting to her schoolmates memories and chinese. A life in two worlds, you know the pages will deliver a happy ending. Bend, not break tells the incredible personal story of a journey from imprisonment to freedom, from maos china to technology startups.

Bend, not break depicts a journey from imprisonment to freedom, and from the dogmatic anticapitalism of maos china to the highstakes, takenoprisoners world of technology startups in the united states. She grew up fighting hunger and humiliation and shielding her younger sister from the teenagers in maos red guard. In bend, not break, fu ping mentioned study sessions as frequent daily activities during the cultural revolution years. She apparently overcame great odds as a young girl in china, was then quietly expelled from china, and eventually succeeded in america as the head of geomagic, a software company that works to create 3d products. Free events like this one are hosted every month in dozens of cities. Ping fu also knows what its like to be a pioneering software programmer, an innovator, a ceo, and inc. To be deported with barely enough money for a plane ticket to a bewildering new land. If you take a good look at the cover of the recent memoir bend, not break. From here, she transports us back and forth between two worlds.