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Reviews 415 only are a reflection ofthe exclusionary and discriminatory practices ofthe times, but also were influenced by the genre ofthe times. Entry Deniedis essential reading; it greatly enriches our understanding ofthe life experiences and strategies of those Chinese immigrants who struggled to establish a place and community in an openly hostile and racist society. The book is also a valuable source for scholars and policymakers interested in the experiences ofimmigrants and the impact ofrepressive immigration laws. Karen A. Joe University of Hawai'i NOTES1. M. Davis, "Behind the Orange Curtain," The Nation, 31 October 1994, pp. 485-490. 2.For further discussion of California's Proposition 187, see J. Specht, "Proposition 187: Measure for U.S.?" San Jose Mercury News, 12 November 1994, p. IA, and E. Kadetsky, "Bashing Illegals in California," The Nation, 17 October 1994, pp. 416-422. 3.A bill in the U.S. Senate, SB 1091, The International Organized Crime Control Act of 1993, was introduced in June ofthat year. The various measures ofthis bill were intended to actively suppress crimes associated with Asian crime groups. For extended discussion ofthe Chinese illegal immigrants issue and the politics ofAsian organized crime in the U.S., see K. Joe, "The Myths and Realities ofAsian Gangs on the West Coast," Humanity and Society, 18 (1994): 3-18; D. Sontag, "Analysis ofIllegal Immigrants in New York Defies Stereotypes," New York Times, 2 September 1993, p. All; and P. Kwong, "China's Human Traffickers," The Nation, 17 October 1994, pp. 422-425. m Sidney H. Chang and Ramon H. Myers, editors. The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir ofCh'en Li-fu, 1900-1993. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1994. xxvii, 359 pp. Hardcover $39.95. Paperback $24.95. Rarely have former high-ranking members ofeither the Nationalist Party (GMD) or the Chinese Communist Party published their memoirs relating to the period ofNationalist rule in China. The memoir ofChen Lifu, a prominent Nationalist official during the years 1926-1950, is a welcome piece ofwork which offers valuable insights into Chinese politics and the power struggle between the two major political parties. ' siyOriginally trained as an engineer at Beiyang University in Tianjin and later at the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a Master's degree in mining engineering , Chen Lifu was introduced by his brother Chen Guofu to Jiang Jieshi early in 1926 and accepted Jiang's offer to be his private secretary. From that ofHawai'i Press 416 China Review International: Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 1995 time, he became Jiang's confidant, holding a number ofimportant official posts, including head of the investigation section of the Organization Department (1927-1929), secretary-general ofthe GMD (1929-1937), head of a unit called Combined Reporting on Investigation and Statistics (1935-1937), wartime minister ofeducation (1938-1944), and finally trouble-shooter for Jiang until 1950, when he quit politics and retired in the United States. At Jiang's invitation, he returned to Taiwan in 1970, where he is still living. He is well known to students ofmodern China as a leader of the so-called CC Clique, along with his brother, Guofu. Chen's memoir is interesting and useful in two respects. First, it presents new information on some of the important events in GMD history. For example, it reveals something new about Jiang Jieshi's house detention ofparty veteran Hu Hanmin, who opposed the drafting and proclamation ofa provisional constitution in March 1931. According to Chen, who thought it premature to proclaim a provisional constitution himself, Jiang endorsed Wang Jingwei's suggestion to consider constitutional government in order to win popular support against party critics from without, and the arrest ofHu was a political decision. Chen also sheds new light on Wang's flight to Hanoi in 1939 and Li Zongren's opposition to Jiang during the civil war from 1945 to 1949. Chen was involved in Jiang's secret diplomacy aimed at averting a Sino-Japanese war, securing a Sino-German-Japanese alliance directed against Soviet communism, and, failing both, securing a SinoSoviet nonaggression pact in 1937 and subsequently Russian aid for the War of Resistance. As well, Chen insists that the term CC Clique (derived from the Central...

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