Jan Wong: Looking Back at China’s Darker Days

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  10.02.09 | 5:26 PM ET

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In a powerful column, Jan Wong, the author of Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now looks back on her complicated love affair with China—from studying abroad in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution to covering the Tiananmen Square massacre from a hotel room uncomfortably nearby. As the country celebrates its 60th anniversary this week, it’s good to see some thoughtful reflection on the dark times in China’s past, too. (Via @DougSaunders)

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.


1 Comment for Jan Wong: Looking Back at China’s Darker Days

janice 10.03.09 | 7:26 PM ET

Jan Wong’s insights into China are always worth a read. I also heard her interviewed on CBC about the anniversary. You can probably download it from the CBC site.

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