The book is a discussion about several aspects of Chinese culture. Even the title of the book, Eggs under a Red Flag, reflects the latter theme, because it presents an implied-query, which begs the question - so what about Chinese culture, the Chinese family system, and the Chinese people? It is about the culture and people that Lin Yutang, in his classic, My County and My People, essentially describes as the real Chinese people. When addressing the longevity and potency of Chinese culture, as Lin earlier observed, "Young China, being wearied of the revolutionary ardors of its fathers, is going back to old China. It is almost amusing to see the often self-conscious determination to be really Chinese, to eat Chinese food, to live in Chinese ways, to dress in Chinese clothes." Notwithstanding issues of the successes of China in many facets of life and whether the West should learn more about Chinese culture, in order to more effectively engage China, what all of this, ultimately, may say about Chinese culture is that the old is new again. This is because from one disaster to the next, Chinese culture continues to regenerate itself throughout the generations to come. The book explores the subject matters of Chinese culture, the Chinese family system, and the Chinese people.

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