Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng

Life and Death in Shanghai

Nien Cheng

560 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography challenging emotional informative slow-paced
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This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to...

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4.35
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Moods

emotional: 64%

informative: 58%

sad: 58%

challenging: 52%

dark: 52%

reflective: 47%

tense: 47%

inspiring: 41%

hopeful: 11%

adventurous: 5%


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