Grazia Ting Deng is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Population Studies and Training Center of Brown University. She received her Ph.D. degree in anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in December 2018. Her research focuses on Chinese migration to Italy and the intercultural dynamics resulting from migration. Her current book project, based on her Ph.D. dissertation, is concerned with the emerging phenomenon of coffee bars in Italy being taken over by Chinese migrants.