Swimming with Mao

By the time I left China, I had either thrown away or lost my childhood collection of memorabilia from the Cultural Revolution
By Xujun Eberlein
Memoir · From the July/August 2006 magazine
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AnonymousOctober 15, 2010 21:35 EST

Very moving story. I have visited China and like the people there. Ruo-Dan died doing what she thought was best, and is to be admired for doing so. The Cultural Revolution is now a long time ago.

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