03040nam 2200505 450 991013671390332120200520144314.0988-8313-75-4(CKB)3710000000903825(EBL)4592527(MiAaPQ)EBC4592527(StDuBDS)EDZ0001657451(OCoLC)960870834(MdBmJHUP)muse53382(Au-PeEL)EBL4592527(CaPaEBR)ebr11282587(OCoLC)961063843(EXLCZ)99371000000090382520161025h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierForeigners under Mao western lives in China, 1949-1976 /Beverley HooperHong Kong, China :Hong Kong University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.988-8208-74-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : Living under Mao -- part I. ‘Foreign comrades' -- 1. Into Mao's China -- 2. Identities and roles -- 3. Interactions -- part II. POW ‘ turncoats' -- 4. Choosing China -- 5. Disenchantment -- part III. Diplomats -- 6. ‘The world within' -- 7. Licensed contacts and beyond -- 8. Cold War diplomacy -- part IV. Correspondents -- 9. ‘Our life and hard times' -- 10. The web of relationships -- 11. ‘Dateline--Peking' -- part V. ‘Foreign experts' -- 12. Helping China? -- 13. Personal and political dynamics -- part VI. Students -- 14. Studying, Maoist style -- 15. Breaking down the barriers? -- part VII. The Western community(ies) -- 16. Across divides -- 17. After Mao.Foreigners Under Mao is a pioneering study of the Western community during the turbulent Mao era. Based largely on personal interviews, memoirs, private letters, and archives, this book 'gives a voice' to the Westerners who lived under Mao. It shows that China was not as closed to Western residents as has often been portrayed. The book examines the lives of six different groups of Westerners: "foreign comrades" who made their home in Mao's China, twenty-two former Korean War POWs who controversially chose China ahead of repatriation, diplomats of Western countries that recognized the People's Republic, the few foreign correspondents permitted to work in China, "foreign experts," and language students. Each of these groups led distinct lives under Mao, while sharing the experience of a highly politicized society and of official measures to isolate them from everyday China.Visitors, ForeignChinaHistoryElectronic books.Visitors, ForeignHistory.306.098211Hooper Beverley691728MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910136713903321Foreigners under Mao2472005UNINA