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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
China under Mao China under Mao Andrew G. Walder China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise a… OL17600296W
Bend, not break Bend, not break Ping Fu In her autobiography, Ping Fu tells her story as she lived it--from child soldier and political prisoner to a CEO and "Inc." magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year. OL19961908W
Life and death in Shanghai Life and death in Shanghai Nien Cheng In August 1966 a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. Her background made her an obvious target for the fanatics of the Cultural Revolution: educated in London, the widow of an offic… OL2139457W
Red Scarf Girl Red Scarf Girl Ji-li Jiang An outstanding student and much admired leader of her class, Ji-Li Jiang was poised for a shining future in the Communist party until the Cultural Revolution of 1966. Told with simplicity, innocence … OL2632461W