"Socialism Is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the New China

by Lijia Zhang

A spirited memoir by a former Chinese factory worker who grew up in Nanjing, participated in the Tiananmen Square protest, and ended up an international journalist.

Lijia Zhang worked as a teenager in a factory producing missiles designed to reach North America, queuing every month to give evidence to the "period police" that she wasn't pregnant. In the oppressive routine of guarded... (read more)

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This is an interesting book, especially if you're fascinated with life under the repressive regime of communism. The author worked in a missile factory in China as a teenager, which made warheads that could reach the USA. She dreams of emigrating to America, but she doesn't make it. The reasons why are deplorable to anyone who loves liberty.

If you think China is a rising economic power, and is destined to surpass the USA, you should read this book to see just how stifling and...

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