He became famous for his 2008 book Tombstone, a devastating account of the famine during Mao’s Great Leap Forward campaign of 1958-62. He grew up in a peasant family in Hubei province, and spent …
Truth and daring in retelling Mao’s China
He became famous for his 2008 book Tombstone, a devastating account of the famine during Mao’s Great Leap Forward campaign of 1958-62. He grew up in a peasant family in Hubei province, and spent …