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A Canadian of Chinese descent recounts her sojourn in Communist China beginning in 1972, during which her strong faith in Maoist ideology gave way to sympathy with the dissident movement that began under Deng Xiaoping. Reprint. PW. "
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- Madame Mao: Add a description of this character.
- Norman
- Erica
- Zhou Enlai
- Wang Hongwen
- Betty
- Lena
- Dr. Long
- Driver Liu
- Li Peng
- Cook Mu
- Wei Jingsheng
- Gorbachev
- Sid
- Huang
- Ben
- Joan
- Zhang Lin
- Chen
- Teacher Dai
- Anders
- Jiang Qing
- Marx
- Master Liu
- Cathy
- Mao Zedong Thought
- Bill
- Shulman
- Luo Ning
- Jan Wong
- Sam
- Hua Guofeng
- Lenin
- Housekeeper Ma
- Caroline
- Ark Wong
- Granny
- Yang
Setting & Locations edit
- China
- Beijing University
- Canada
- Hong Kong
- Tiananmen Square
- Montreal
- New York
- Beijing Hotel
- Canton
- Yanan
- Zhongnanhai
- Qinghai
- Taishan
- United States
- Tiananmen Massacre
- Chai Ling
- Gansu
- Democracy Wall
- Tibet
- Toronto
- Shanghai
- Great Wall
- Anhui
- Xian
- Ottawa
- Great Hall Of The People
- Hangzhou
- Soviet Union
- Lin Biao
- Gang
- North Koreans
- Forbidden City
- New World
- Moscow
- Kaiping
- Victoria
First Sentence edit
"What am I going to do in China at night?"
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Original Language: Add the language.
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0868246921
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0868246921
Page Count: Add the page count.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 070.92
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