Nien Cheng: 2 books

The national-bestselling memoir of a woman’s resistance and struggles in Communist China—“an absorbing story of resourcefulness and courage” (The New York Times).   A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR   In August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. Her background...

A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. 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 make...