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Blood Letters: The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a Martyr in Mao's China
By Lian Xi
- ISBN
- 9781541644236 9781541644229
- Publisher
- Basic
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Reviewed on February 15, 2018 | Women of the World
The daughter of a banker and Communist activist, Peng Lingzhao (1932–68) went to an elite Christian mission school near Shanghai in the midst of China's decades-long civil war between the Nationalists, led by Chiang Kai-shek, and the insurgent Communists, led by Mao Zedong. She grew increasingly enchanted with communist ideology and in 1949 secretly joined the Chinese Community Party at 16, adopting the name Lin Zhao. Lian...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
