To mark its 100th anniversary, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently released the latest edition of its book A Brief History of the Communist Party of China. An online accoun To mark its 100th anniversary, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently released the latest edition of its book A Brief History of the Communist Party of China. An online account, Ouzhou Jin Xue analyzed the differences between the previous edition of the book, published in 2001, and the 2021 edition.
“Swimming to Freedom: My Escape From China and the Cultural Revolution” by Kent Wong; Harry N. Abrams (320 pages, $26) China was in chaos. For a decade, Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution deliberately smashed society to bits. People were sent away for brutal re-education. Others simply disappeared. The country was destroying itself, and for many, only one hope remained: Getting out. .
“Swimming to Freedom: My Escape From China and the Cultural Revolution” by Kent Wong; Harry N. Abrams (320 pages, $26) ——— China was in chaos. For a decade, Mao Zedong’s
“Swimming to Freedom: My Escape From China and the Cultural Revolution” by Kent Wong; Harry N. Abrams (320 pages, $26) ——— China was in chaos. For a decade, Mao Zedong’s
Jacqueline Cutler, New York Daily News
âSwimming to Freedom: My Escape From China and the Cultural Revolutionâ by Kent Wong; Harry N. Abrams (320 pages, $26)
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China was in chaos.
For a decade, Mao Zedongâs Cultural Revolution deliberately smashed society to bits. People were sent away for brutal re-education. Others simply disappeared. The country was destroying itself, and for many, only one hope remained: Getting out.
âSwimming to Freedom: My Escape From China and the Cultural Revolutionâ is Kent Wongâs memoir of those times. And how those years drove desperate people to try anything â including swimming the six miles to Hong Kong.