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“Dare I ask Mao and his Communist Party? I fear my throat will be cut into two pieces. In the name of revolution, for thought crimes, Such questions can turn me to ashes.”

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Book:Calls Across the Pacific

Source: Calls Across the Pacific

“During Mao’s era, the Chinese people were absolutely controlled by the Communist Party that decided food and accommodation, education and employment, what to think and say, and what to read and write about. ”--Interview with Zoë S. Roy, author of Spinster Kang”

Relationships Spinster Former Soviet Union Leftover Women Mao S China The Interracial Relationship Women Immigrants

Book:Spinster Kang

Source: Spinster Kang

“The word spinster, mixed with stifled laughter from the living room, picked her ear like a needle. Will I ever escape the culture of my faraway country? she wondered.”

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Book:Spinster Kang

Source: Spinster Kang

“A wide-brimmed spinster’s hat had been thrown up in the sky. It was gradually falling into the deep ocean.”

Humor Culture Shock Spinster Interracial Love

Book:Spinster Kang

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“The dictator’s black hand had made China a birdcage wrapped in red flags.--From "Balloons”

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Book:Butterfly Tears

Source: Butterfly Tears

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