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Loading... From Tea to Coffee: The Journey of an Educated Youthby Wang Cheng
None No current Talk conversations about this book. 1   historyhound7 | May 2, 2023 |    This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) CynthiaM | Jan 10, 2023 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.As a memoir and a first published work, the writing is smooth and straightforward, if not particularly descriptive or elegant, I still regard it as excellent. 5 stars. ( ) nobooksnolife | Sep 26, 2022 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) amy_reasoner | Aug 2, 2022 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) ArcticLeaf | May 27, 2022 | no reviews | add a review
Biography & Autobiography.
History.
Nonfiction.
HTML: "From Tea to Coffee is a wonderful exploration of history and a life that has extended across half a century and two continents. For those who believe that East and West can never meet or can only stand in opposition to each other, this memoir offers a beautiful counterpoint." â??Bennett R. Coles, award-winning author of six published books including Dark Star Rising "Cheng Wang's transformative evolution from young Communist ideologue to astute western observer is a must-read cultural travelogue." â??Don Vaughan, founder, Triangle Association of Freelancers, North Carolina Following Mao's call to the young during the Cultural Revolution, Cheng Wang, a so-called "Educated Youth," boarded a train destined for a secluded village in Inner Mongolia for the compulsory period of re-education. For the next three grueling years in rural exile, he pondered how his once privileged family had been caught in a political undertow, and how his own future might unfold. From Tea to Coffee is a story of struggle and triumph during China's modern-day cultural and political drama, and is a rare and personal account that showcases the Chinese national psyche. Like all political movements of the past, the Cultural Revolution was not the first of its kind, nor quite possibly the last, yet Cheng Wang, now at home in both America and in China, maintains an optimism in confronting today's social polarization between the East and the West No library descriptions found. |
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Middle-class and well-educated, Wang’s parents were regarded as part of the’Stinking Ninth’s’ during the Cultural Revolution, and mistreated and punished. Wang was sent to Inner Mongolia for years to help on farms, and almost deprived of a college education. He found mentors, making the best of it, and even being thankful for the experience in some ways. I think that this was because he seems to have a sunny nature, not because he approved of this crazy idea in any way. When his chance came to go to university, he really had to work hard to seize it.
Wang tells how he achieved his successful career, and how he found his wife, but the details about Chinese history and culture and the very different mindset there are the most interesting parts of the book. I felt that he seemed to lose his way a bit in the end, and I got a bit tired of it, but it is worth reading if you want an insight into modern Chinese history from someone who lived through it.
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