Swimming to freedom, my escape from China and the Cultural Revolution : an untold story, Kent Wong
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Swimming to freedom, my escape from China and the Cultural Revolution : an untold story, Kent Wong
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Swimming to freedom
Oclc number
1249442483
Responsibility statement
Kent Wong
Sub title
my escape from China and the Cultural Revolution : an untold story
Summary
A Chinese expatriate tells his story of escaping the hardship and repression of Mao's Cultural Revolution by joining the dissident underground, swimming miles across open water to Hong Kong, and eventually moving to the United States as a refugee
Table Of Contents
Prologue : "it's your time to fly away" -- Hong Kong is not china, and we are Chinese -- Chasing sparrows -- Hunger -- Red versus black -- The big link-up -- "No noble men" -- Rooftop underground -- The calm before the storm -- A call from heaven -- The endless sea -- Life and death in heaven's hands -- Life is a stream of water -- "Hey, Hong Kong! I'm back!" -- Epilogue : so much has changed, yet much remains the same
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- Chinese Americans -- Biography
- Asian American people -- Biography
- Children -- China -- Biography
- Wong, Kent -- Childhood and youth
- Ethnic groups -- Biography
- Refugees -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- History -- Contemporary
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Personal narratives
- Refugees -- China -- Biography
- Minority groups -- Biography
- Refugees -- United States -- Biography
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- Chinese Americans -- Biography
- Asian American people -- Biography
- Children -- China -- Biography
- Wong, Kent -- Childhood and youth
- Ethnic groups -- Biography
- Refugees -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- History -- Contemporary
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Personal narratives
- Refugees -- China -- Biography
- Minority groups -- Biography
- Refugees -- United States -- Biography
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