The Chinese Factor: An Australian Chinese Woman's life in China from 1950-1979 - Softcover

The author left Australia patriotically attracted to the new China created by the communist revolution. She stayed nearly 30 years through a period of initial promise followed by a series of disasters. Here, she explores her experience, beliefs, confusion and fear in China, her young life in Melbourne that led to China and her post - China journey once back in Australia. (She is now a Buddhist). Her story puts a human face on the tortuous history of Mao's China.