And partly she seems to lack the background in Asian studies. Similarly, in a book of this kind, a firm grounding in the Communist Revolution seems like a pretty good idea if you want to know what the children of that cataclysmic event are doing in one of their most recalcitrant provinces. So it was disturbing that the author treated the Chinese Government as a legitimate source of information. A little study of the Communist regime makes the blood run cold. The regime has been morally, spiritually, and politically bankrupt since before 1949.
Power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
The man who said it, lived it, and literally millions died on account of it. The author s work shows us repeatedly that the Communist regime aims to suck the life out of this cultural appurtenance and leave only the husk of a few quaint customs and a museum or two. Empty lives for the people who remain. A cheesy commie imitation of Western commerce and industry of which we all know far too much first hand. Even more chilling that the author doesn t seem to get it even as she tells us.