Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now: Amazon.de: Jan Wong: Englische Bücher

Taschenbuch: 416 Seiten
Verlag: Anchor; Auflage: Anchor Books. (19. Mai 1997)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0385482329
ISBN-13: 978-0385482325
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 20,6 x 14 x 3 cm

Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.6 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (21 Kundenrezensionen)

Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 251.038 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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From Kirkus Reviews

A crackerjack journalist's (she's a George Polk Award winner) immensely entertaining and enlightening account of what she learned during several extended sojourns in the People's Republic of China. A second-generation Canadian who enjoyed a sheltered, even privileged, childhood in Montreal, Wong nonetheless developed a youthful crush on Mao Zedong's brand of Communism. She first visited China in 1972 on summer holiday from McGill University. Although the PRC was still convulsed by the so-called Cultural Revolution, the starry-eyed author enrolled in Beijing University and remained in the country for 15 months. Emotionally bloodied but unbowed by quotidian contact with the harsher realities of Maoism, Bright Precious Wong (as she was known to fellow students and party cadres) mastered Chinese and searched for ways to express solidarity with the masses. Leaving the PRC only long enough to earn a degree from McGill, the author returned in the fall of 1974 for a lengthy stay that made her increasingly aware of Chinese Communism's contradictions and evils. Disturbing encounters with dissidents raised her consciousness of the regime's oppressive policies. Although her zeal diminished, Wong soldiered on, eventually acquiring an American spouse (perhaps the only US draft dodger to seek asylum in the PRC) and a correspondent's job with the New York Times. When President Carter pardoned Vietnam War resisters, the author and her husband came back to North America. She returned to China in 1988 as the Beijing bureau chief of The Toronto Globe & Mail. Experiencing something akin to culture shock at the changes wrought by Deng Xioaping's capitalist-road programs, Wong was an eyewitness to the bloody Tiananmen Square confrontation. She ferreted out long-suppressed truths about penal colonies, the use of prisoners as unpaid laborers, and the public execution of criminals. Tellingly detailed recollections of the journeys of an observant and engaged traveler through interesting times. (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

From Library Journal

" 'Tis better to have believed and lost than never to have believed at all." Concluding her memoir with a paraphrase from Tennyson,Wong vividly describes her 12-year experience in China. At first, as a confused teenager coming of age amid the tumultuous late Sixties and early Seventies in Canada, she became a devoted Maoist, believing China to be "Paradise." She studied and worked in China for six years as an ordinary citizen, going through the Cultural Revolution and the period of the "Gang of Four." Later, as a reporter for the Toronto Globe and Mail, she spent another six years in China, witnessing the Tiananmen massacre, interviewing important dissidents such as Wei Jingsheng and Ren Wanding, and reporting on issues such as birth control and peasant riots in rural areas. The "insider" status gives her account a unique touch that set hers apart from numerous other "journalistic" writings about China. She is describing the people she knows and the events she experienced. Highly recommended.
Mark Meng, St. John's Univ. Lib., Jamaica, N.Y.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Highly Recommended! 30. Januar 2000

Von Laura Maaske

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Jan Wong has a succinct and journalistic style. She fluidly describes her changing beliefs in response to the developments in China since the Cultural Revolution. Her descriptions of the people encountered, her work as a journalist, and political events are particularly gripping accounts. This is a fast moving yet richly detailed book.

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no nonsense, succinct but insightful book 2. Januar 2000

Von Ping Lim

I bought the book with reservation even though it was critically acclaimed by the Time magazine as there are so many books out there nowadays written by Chinese authors banking on their unfortunate past. I really hate whinging book because it leads the readers nowhere. The essence of reading a book is to broaden our knowledge, enabling us to reflect upon our past so that we could build a better foundation for our younger generation. I believe Jan has done just that. Ashamed that I couldn't meet her in person when she gave a talk regarding the book in Christchurch 2 years ago. Believe me, her sequel, Jan Wong's China is just as good or even better than her first masterpiece. Keep up the good work.

Loved it! 1. Januar 2000

Von Phillippa Crossan

What a fascinating book! I loved it. It is a wonderful piece of writing and it's easy to see why Jan Wong is such an acclaimed journalist.

I have been to China and have many friends from there. From everything they have shared with me regarding their own experiences, Red China Blues fits exactly with their descriptions of life in those times. Having been born in 1948 and lived under far different circumstances, I find the history of China during the Mao years fascinating. Red China Blues rings true and it is written with wicked humour as well as much sympathy/empathy. Jan Wong has heart and her account of the Tienanmen Square massacre is the most moving I have ever read. I believe it is a totally accurate account and I found myself weeping as I read it. I was profoundly moved and gained a much deeper insight of the events that took place at that time. In fact, I learned many things about China through this marvellous book and was hungry for more. I couldn't put it down and can't wait to read her latest, Jan Wong's China which I have just purchased.

Excellent

Wong's memoir of her parent's native land during the latter days of the Cultural Revolution ranks with "Wild Swans" and "In Search of History" as the best... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 26. Februar 2000 von K.Goldberg

Interesting but overrated.

I have had the opportunity to speak with Ms. Wong about China before, and found that her current views regarding China are fairly fluffy and naive. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 17. Februar 2000 von Sean Carrie

A Canadian Woman Discovers She Is Indeed Canadian

The author is a thoroughly competent modern journalist. This book will tell you a lot about the grimness of the last years of the Mao era. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 25. November 1999 ver�ffentlicht

I can't recommend it.

Jan Wong has had interesting experiences, but unfortunately, her awkward writing makes her book a tedious read. She's also full of herself.

Am 30. Oktober 1999 ver�ffentlicht

Absolutely bloody marvelous

It is one of these books that makes the reader sit up and listen to the atrocities that befell the Chinese people of the late 20th century. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 2. Juni 1999 von Grant R Campbell (9635442@sms.ed.ac.uk)

Interested in recent events in China? Read this book!

What I most enjoyed about Red China Blues is Wong's astute look at herself -- her developing disillusion with the government of the PRC and her active search for both the good and... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 15. Mai 1999 von WBB68@hotmail.com -- Ben Bangs

very insightful, the author is honest

Great picture of life under Mao in China and afterwards. The honest story of a true believer who saw the aftermath.

Ver�ffentlicht am 12. Januar 1999 von berringr@mail.law.berkeley.edu

The BEST book (& author) of the MANY I've read about China.

Gripping; engaging; enlightening! A couple of nights of sleep I don't regret having missed. The author does a great job of sharing her experiences in a thorough way without loading... Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 7. Januar 1999 ver�ffentlicht

Easy to read - opened my eyes

I did not follow what has happened in China in the news, including Tiannamen Square. I was moved by Jan Wong's description of her adopted homeland and what she expected when she... Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 5. November 1998 ver�ffentlicht

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