With a compulsion to dig further and always driven by curiosity, Huan Hsu intimately examines his family roots to emphasise the magnificence of everybody’s family history. A combination of memoir and travelogue, his book The Porcelain Thief (2015) depicts contemporary Chinese society through the lively revelations made while examining his Chinese American identity. In a Tentacular Thinking feature for Extra Extra no. 21, Huan delves into the complexities of his identity even further, appeasing the desire to learn more about himself and others.