‘I have two names’

‘I have two names’

When you ask Emma-Li Thompson to introduce herself in Mandarin, she uses a different name. Lǐdōngyīng 李冬英 was what they named her at an orphanage in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, a town situated in Northeastern China. Li was the last name of the orphanage’s director. To her,...

From northeast China to the southwest, USA

At three years old, Emma-Li Thompson was adopted from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi in northeast China. She spent the next 18 years 7,050 miles away in Arizona. Trenae Nuri Trenae V. Nuri is a multimedia journalist. Since 2010, Trenae has written articles and produced news...