China's Sorrow: Journeys Around the Yellow River (1985),
ISBN0-7126-0732-3 (published in the U.S. as Into China's Heart: An Émigré's Journey Along the Yellow River)
Sons of the Yellow Emperor: The Story of the Overseas Chinese (1990),
ISBN0-436-35374-1 (U.S.: Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora)
Tracing It Home: Journeys Around a Chinese Family (1992),
ISBN0-436-35375-X
True to Form: A Celebration of the Art of the Chinese Craftsman (2000),
ISBN962-7283-15-0
The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas (1999),
ISBN0-7007-1122-8 (ed.)