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“A highly personal, honest, funny and well-informed account of China’s hyperactive effort to forget its past and reinvent its future.”— The New York Times Book Review As one the first American students admitted to China after the communist revolution, John Pomfret was exposed to a... read more
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- Little Guan
- Old Wu
- Chairman Mao
- Maria Luisa
- Mr. Wang
- Liu Gang
- Mei
- Ding Xing
- Leila
- Tom
- Mel
- Lucy Du
- Nanda
- Jiang Zemin
- Li Jingyi
- Zhou Lianchun
- Nana
- Zhou Enlai
- Chang
- Henry
- Wu Tianshi
- Mary
- Zhang
- Guan Huai
- Lina
- Antonella
- Bing
- Zhao Ziyang
Setting & Locations edit
- Communist China
- Beijing
- Nanjing
- United States
- Hunan Road
- Hong Kong
- Shanghai
- Hefei
- Bengbu
- Italy
- Guangzhou
- Tiananmen Square
- Tibet
- Japan
- Yancheng
- Taiwan
- Shenzhen
- Rome
- Yunnan
- America
- Jiangsu Province
- Kunming
- Anhui Province
- Dongtai
- Soviet Union
- Singapore
- Old Ding
- Huang Mountain
- New Jersey
- Europe
- New York
- San Francisco
- Canada
- Washington
- Daybreak Song
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Pomfret (Author)
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Publication Date: 2006
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Publication Date: 2006
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- Dewey: 951.058
Subjects edit
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Ethnic & National › Chinese
- Books › History › Asia › China
- Books › History › World
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
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