Pieces of China

(Lulu) In this memoir, Lighte recalls living and working as a banker in China during the late 1970s and early 1980s.   From interactions with his coworkers, to an encounter with the nurse who helped birth him years ago, to a Thanksgiving dinner with Ronald Reagan and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang, Lighte’s stories describe a young man’s relationships and daily adventures in a society undergoing huge economic changes.   Profits from the sale of the book will go to Half the Sky, “a foundation that seeks to bring a caring adult into the life of each orphan in China.” Lighte is the chairman of JP Morgan Chase Bank (China) and a trained scholar of classical Chinese.