China Witness Voices from a Silent Generation

by Xinran

• ISBN13: 9780307388537
• ISBN10: 0307388530
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-20
• Publisher: Anchor

Summary

China Witness offers a remarkable group of eyewitness accounts that lets us see the cultural upheavals of the past century through the experiences of the Chinese of the Chinese who lived through them.

Author Biography

Xinran was born in Beijing in 1958 and moved to London in 1997 to write for The Guardian. She is author of The Good Women of China, a seminal book about the lives of Chinese women, and Sky Burial. Her charity, The Mothers’ Bridge of Love, was founded to help disadvantaged Chinese children and to build a bridge of understanding between the West and China.


From the Hardcover edition.

Table of Contents

Map of China and the Journey	p. viii
List of Illustrations	p. x
Glossary and Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Yao Popo, or the Medicine Woman of Xingyi	p. 13
Two Generations of the Lin Family: The Curse of a Legend	p. 25
New Discoveries in Xinjiang, the World's Biggest Prison	p. 39
On the Road, Interlude 1: Interview with a North-Western Taxi Driver	p. 77
Pioneers of China's Oil: A Distinguished Husband and Wife	p. 85
Acrobat: From Counter-Revolutionary's Daughter to National Medal Winner	p. 133
On the Road, Interlude 2: Talking to a Chinese Colleague about Tibet, Folk Customs, Tiger Stoves and the Chinese Jews	p. 161
Tea Houses and News Singers: Three Thousand Years of Anecdotes and Wonders	p. 173
Carrying on a Craft Tradition: The Qin Huai Lantern-Makers	p. 201
Across Mountain and Grassland: A Witness to the Long March	p. 231
Savouring Her Blessings after Trials and Tribulations: The Woman General Born in America	p. 259
Interlude 3: Love Letters	p. 307
On the Read, Interlude 4: Reflections Between the Lines	p. 327
The Policeman: A Cop Who Entered the Police Force As the Peoples Republic Was Founded	p. 329
The Shoe-Mender Mother: 28 Years Spent out in All Weathers	p. 373
On the Road, Interlude 5: A Squall at the 4 May Memorial	p. 393
Afterword: Images of My Motherland	p. 399
Acknowledgements	p. 419
Chinese Assistants: What China Witness Meant to Them	p. 423
Index	p. 425
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