Anne Pang

Anne Pi-Yau Pang (黄碧瑶 Huang Bi-yao) (born 23 October 1958), is a scholar and the author of the first published English books on the life of her great-grandfather, the historical figure Chinese reformer Wong Nai Siong. As a martial artist Pang has developed a system of women's self defence. She is a noted Australian Chinese businesswoman and community figure, speaking publicly on issues of racial discrimination in Australia. Pang ran an art gallery specializing in Australian art. Her son is actor Chris Pang and her husband is the kung fu practitioner and business entrepreneur Barry Pang. Early life Pang was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and migrated to Australia in July 1970 at the end of the White Australia policy. She attended Gardener's Road Primary in Sydney and then Randwick Girl's High in Randwick in 1970 and 1971. After moving to Melbourne in 1971, the family lived in Pascoe Vale and she attended Strathmore High School till 1976.  After completing her Bachelor of Arts (Hon) at Melbourne University in 1980, she continued with her PhD studies at Monash University in 1997. She began her martial arts training with Barry Pang in 1974, in the art of Wing Chun. She founded her own style of Women Self Defense based on the art of Wing Chun in 1990. Pang studied history of fine art at Melbourne University as part of her undergraduate and became an art consultant and set up her own business, Artpreciation in 1999. Her interest in her family history led her to research the accounts of her great-grandfather, Huang Naishang in 1996 and this became the subject of her doctorate degree completed in 2009 and first English academic study of Wong Nai Siong. Career