Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now, (Paperback)

from ontoursecretly

There's certainly an interesting story here, but it's bogged down by the author's clumsy, insensitive and pathetic attempts at humor. Although her personal story is integral, many of her anecdotes seem poorly woven in or completely irrelevant. It's worth reading for the information and unique per...

from ontoursecretly

There's certainly an interesting story here, but it's bogged down by the author's clumsy, insensitive and pathetic attempts at humor. Although her personal story is integral, many of her anecdotes seem poorly woven in or completely irrelevant. It's worth reading for the information and unique per...

from tonynetone

My Long March From Mao to Now 1996 book by Chinese-Canadian journalist Jan Wong,Westerner to study in China during the Cultural Revolution. 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong 毛泽东, In office March 20, 1943 - September 9, 1976 (33 years, 173 days), Deng Xiaoping 邓小平,Chairman of...

from Cleoxcat

Kept my interest for quite a while. However, the brutality depicted in the last few chapters made me skip quite a few pages to the end. I had never thought much about China and the Revolution before, but the detail in this helps me understand the China in current politics.

from bradleybleck

China through the eyes of the first western student allowed in as an exchange students. Wong is caught up in the fervor of revolutionary China but comes to learn that where there is idolatry there is disappointment.