Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics by E. Perry Link, Perry Link

Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics

E. Perry Link, Perry Link

376 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
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During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to "smash the four olds" old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted "We want to see Chairman Mao," they unknowingly used ...

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