Behind the statistics of migration are the life stories of millions of migrants and their descendants. The movement of people out of China is one of the largest movements of humanity in modern times and large numbers of Chinese emigrated to the colony of

Stuart Pearson, who is An Utari Sudibjo's son-in-law, has worked in law enforcement, education, business management and consultancy. He began work on An's biography in 2003, and is now writing other works on history.