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“Large portraits of Mao on wooden boards several feet high stood at main street corners. Painted to make the old man look extremely youthful, healthy, and fat (a sign of well-being in China), these pictures provided a mocking contrast to the thin, pale-faced pedestrians walking listlessly below them.”

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Nien Cheng
Nien Cheng

Nien Cheng was a Chinese author and former diplomat, born on January 28, 1915, and passed away on November 2, 2009. She is renowned for her memoir, Life and Death in Shanghai, which provides a unique perspective on the lives of ordinary people during the Cultural Revolution. more

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