6 8 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 7 2 5 ▁death s ▁Category : I r ish ▁soldiers ▁in ▁the ▁army ▁of ▁James ▁II ▁of ▁England ▁Category : M embers ▁of ▁the ▁Irish ▁House ▁of ▁L ords ▁Category : Vis count s ▁in ▁the ▁Pe er age ▁of ▁Ireland <0x0A> </s> ▁H ua ▁H su ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁writer ▁and ▁academic . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁ten ured ▁associate ▁professor ▁of ▁English ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁American ▁Studies ▁at ▁V ass ar ▁College ▁and ▁staff ▁writer ▁at ▁The ▁New ▁York er . ▁His ▁work ▁includes ▁investig ations ▁of ▁imm igr ant ▁culture ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁public ▁per ception s ▁of ▁divers ity ▁and ▁mult icult ural ism . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁A ▁Flo ating ▁Ch in aman : ▁Fant asy ▁and ▁Fail ure ▁Ac ross ▁the ▁Pacific . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁A ▁second ▁generation ▁Taiwan ese ▁American , ▁H su ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Illinois ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁Pl ano , ▁then ▁Richard son , ▁Texas . ▁His ▁family ▁then ▁moved ▁to ▁southern ▁California , ▁then ▁ultimately ▁Cu pert ino , ▁California , ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁an ▁engineer ; ▁his ▁mother ▁stayed ▁at ▁home ▁with ▁H ua . ▁The ▁family ▁lived ▁in ▁Cu pert ino ▁from ▁about ▁the ▁time ▁H ua ▁was ▁nine ▁to ▁ 1 8 , ▁though ▁his ▁father ▁moved ▁to ▁Taiwan ▁to ▁purs ue ▁work ▁and ▁H ua ▁often ▁spent ▁sum mers ▁and ▁other ▁school ▁vac ations ▁there . ▁In ▁Cu pert ino ,