At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China
by Edward Wong
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"The son of Chinese immigrants in Washington, DC, Edward Wong grew up among family secrets. His father toiled in Chinese 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 show more the Central Asian frontier. In 1962, disillusioned with the Communist Party, he made plans for 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. He met the citizens driving the nation's astounding economic boom and global expansion--and grappling with the vortex of nationalistic rule under Xi Jinping, the most powerful leader since Mao. Following in his father's footsteps, he witnessed ethnic struggles in Xinjiang and Tibet and pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. And he had an insider's view of the world's two superpowers meeting at a perilous crossroads. Wong tells a moving chronicle of a family and a nation that spans decades of momentous change and gives profound insight into a new authoritarian age transforming the world. A groundbreaking book, At the Edge of Empire is the essential work for understanding China today."--Amazon. show lessTags
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USA Diplomatic Correspondent for the New York Times
One time Bureau Chief for the Beijing Bureau for the New York Times
He he has also served as a war correspondent in Iran.
He married in Beijing
A child born in Beijing
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His father came to Beijing from Hong Kong for the Wedding and the Christening
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USA Diplomatic Correspondent for the New York Times
One time Bureau Chief for the Beijing Bureau for the New York Times
He he has also served as a war correspondent in Iran.
He married in Beijing
A child born in Beijing
He
His father came to Beijing from Hong Kong for the Wedding and the Christening
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