Born in
Nanjing, China, to
Hsioh-ren Wei, a Chinese scientist, educator and diplomat, Wei moved to
New York City at the age of 16. She was the first Asian student to study at the
Chapin School. Wei had a bachelor's degree in Political Science from
Bryn Mawr College and a master's degree in International Relations and Law from
New York University. In 1975, she moved to Hong Kong with her husband and later went to pursue a doctorate degree in Modern Chinese History at the
University of Hong Kong. She served as the Head of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at the
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts from 1994 until her retirement in 2003. She was later an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre of Asian Studies at the
University of Hong Kong, Honorary Professor at the Institute of Qing History,
Renmin University of China and a member of the
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. Wei died in
Westford, Massachusetts, on November 4, 2024, at the age of 94. == Publications ==