Life and Death in Shanghai Life and Death in Shanghai

Life and Death in Shanghai

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Publisher Description

A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution.

A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy failed; all efforts to indoctrinate her were met by a steadfast and fearless refusal to accept the terms offered by her interrogators. When she was released from prison she was told that her daughter had committed suicide. In fact Meiping had been beaten to death by Maoist revolutionaries.

About the author

Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2010
August 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
512
Pages
PUBLISHER
Flamingo
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1.4
MB

Customer Reviews

MiffyRc ,

Book needs proof-reading

I enjoyed reading the author’s naratives. Sadly, there are typos and missing words in this version of the book.

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