At the edge of empire : a family's reckoning with China
Wong, Edward, 1972-2024
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Place reservation for At the edge of empire : a family's reckoning with ChinaThe son of Chinese immigrants in Washington, DC, Edward Wong grew up among family secrets. His father toiled in restaurants and rarely spoke of his native land or his years in the People's Liberation Army under Mao. Yook Kearn Wong came of age during the Japanese occupation in World War II and the Communist revolution, when he fell under the spell of Mao's promise of a powerful China. His astonishing journey as a soldier took him from Manchuria during the Korean War to Xinjiang on the Central Asian frontier. In 1962, disillusioned with the Communist Party, he planned a desperate escape to Hong Kong. When Edward Wong became the Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times, he investigated his father's mysterious past while assessing for himself the dream of a resurgent China.
Main title:
At the edge of empire : a family's reckoning with China / Edward Wong.
Author:
Wong, Edward, 1972-, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2024.
Collation:
464 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781788162654 (hbk)
Dewey class:
975.510049510092BWON
Language:
English
Subject:
Wong, Yook Kearn, 1932-Wong, Yook Kearn, 1932- -- FamilyWong, Edward, 1972-Wong familyChina -- History -- 20th centuryChinese Americans -- China -- BiographyJournalists -- China -- BiographyTaishan Shi (Guangdong Sheng, China) -- BiographyHong Kong (China) -- BiographyChinese Americans -- Virginia -- Springfield -- BiographyBiographyChinaBiography & non-fiction proseAsian history
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1471346
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