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v Acknowledgements 5 Foreword by Stella Lau 6 Foreword : “Living with History, Dancing with Time” by Robin Hutcheon Chapter 1 Introduction (1986) My Childhood (1923) My Love for Poetry (1928) End of Middle School (1940) Chapter 2 Pearl Harbour (1941) Inland China (1942) The Sun Yat Sen University (1942) Setting Up a Home (1943) Pui Lian Middle School (1944) Xinxing (1944) Post-War Guangzhou (1945) Chapter 3 Liberation — Journey to Guangzhou (1949) Beijing (1950) In-Laws’ Visit (1953) Political Movements (1955) A Broken Heart (1955) The Princess Kashmir Incident (1955) Anti-Rightist Movement (1957) CONTENTS p vi China, Bound and Unbound Chapter 4 The Plight of Sparrows (1958) The Corn Field and Big Potato (late 1950s) Tempering Steel (late 1950s) The Fertilizer Plant and Nationwide Famine (late 1950s) Leaving the Foreign Ministry (1963) Madam Gong Peng, The Outstanding Woman Diplomat (1914–1970) The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) My Family Seizure of Private Property Our Turn to Go (1969) Chapter 5 May 7th Cadre School (1969-1977) After May 7th Cadre School (1977) Tales — Tall but True (1980) Our House Demolished (1998) Ridiculous Bureaucracy (2001) The Present Reminiscence A Poem — Ode to Life Appendix An Interview with Kevin Sinclair ...

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