John Fang  John Ta Chuan Fang ( 27 May 1924 – 27 April 1992) was an American businessman, publisher, and writer based in San Francisco. He was the founder of "Chinatown Handy Guide" and "AsianWeek". Fang was born in Shanghai, China in 1924. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism at Taipei's National Chengchi University and worked their for the government-controlled "New Life" newspaper. In 1952, he moved to San Francisco to study at UC Berkeley. Fang started out on his own by publishing the "Chinatown Handy Guide" in 1959, a series of booklets to the Chinatowns in major US cities, as they were emerging as tourist attractions. In 1979, he founded "AsianWeek", and its headquarters were in San Francisco's Chinatown. In 1960, he married Florence Fang, and they had three sons. Fang died on 27 April 1992.