The secret listener : an ingenue in Mao's court /

"Born in Shanghai in 1929, she came to know Zhou En-Lai-second only to Mao in importance--as a young girl while living in Chongqing, where Chiang Kai--Shek's government had relocated to, during the war against Japan. That connection to Zhou helped her save her husband's life in Cultur...

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Main Author:	Chen, Yuan-tsung, 1932- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Chen, Yuan-tsung, > 1932- Zhou, Enlai, > 1898-1976. Mao, Zedong, > 1893-1976. Mao, Zedong, > 1893-1976 Zhou, Enlai, > 1898-1976 Women authors, Chinese > 20th century > Biography. China > Politics and government > 1949- China > Social conditions > 1949- Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 1949- Chine > Conditions sociales > 1949- Politics and government Social conditions Women authors, Chinese China Since 1900 Electronic books. Autobiography Biography autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies.
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Summary:	"Born in Shanghai in 1929, she came to know Zhou En-Lai-second only to Mao in importance--as a young girl while living in Chongqing, where Chiang Kai--Shek's government had relocated to, during the war against Japan. That connection to Zhou helped her save her husband's life in Cultural Revolution. After the communists took power, she obtained a job in one of the culture ministries. While there, she frequently engaged with the upper echelon of the party and was a first-hand witness to some of the purges that the regime regularly initiated. Eventually, the commissar she worked under was denounced in 1957, and she barely escaped being purged herself. Later, during Cultural Revolution, she and her husband were purged and sent to live in a rough, poor area. She and her husband finally moved to Hong Kong, with Zhou's special permission, in 1971. A first-hand account of what life was like in the period before the revolution and in Mao's China, The Secret Listener gives a unique perspective on the era, and Chen's vantage point provides us with a new perspective on the Maoist regime-one of the most radical political experiments in modern history and a force that genuinely changed the world."--
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustrations.
ISBN:	9780197573358 0197573355 9780197573372 0197573371 9780197573365 0197573363
DOI:	10.1093/oso/9780197573341.001.0001