Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now Scotiabank Giller Prize (2012) real-world examples

real-world examples

One is playing a long game

Publisher: Epigram Books

or the man who chose to end it all in Chungking Mansions

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Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now Scotiabank Giller Prize (2012) real-world examplesJan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true believerand one of only two Westerners permitted to enroll at Beijing Universityher education included wielding a pneumatic drill at the Number One Machine Tool Factory. In the name of the Revolution, she renounced rock & roll, hauled pig manure in the paddy fields, and turned in a fellow student who sought her help