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Life and Death in Shanghai chronicles the harrowing experience of Nien Cheng, a Shanghai-born woman who, due to her Western education, marriage to a Chiang Kai‑shek official, and employment with Shell Oil, became a target of the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. In August 1966 her home was ransacked and she was imprisoned, forced into solitary confinement for over six years. The book presents a detailed and powerful personal narrative of her deprivation, steadfast resistance, and subsequent pursuit of justice after her release, offering a profound portrait of a woman’s courage amid China’s turbulent political conflict.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Nien Cheng
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