The year 1957 was eventful. In the U.S. the Milwaukee Braves won the World Series. It was a time to celebrate and rejoice. But for the people of China, it ushered in a dark period of tension. A victim of the purges has now become a legend, a symbol of the human side of the movement, and a perpetual challenge to a dehumanizing political system.
Chinese history is a record of revolutions and counter-revolutions.
Perhaps the negative force will give rise to a positive reaction. The bond may even stimulate them to take bolder moves in life. May Yuen Xi Xi's narrator believes everything in her life is predestined, but Sun Yue takes control of her life. Laments of a make-up artist and a dreamer, by Maria Nadeau Xi Xi's narrator and Liu Binyan both seem to overlook the obvious fact that they themselves alone are in charge of their own destiny. Wrestling with fate, by May Yuen Liu Binyan has chosen the right path and takes advantage of whatever is bestowed upon him.