Life and Death in Shanghai and Washington
The neighbor downstairs died today. I came back to the apartment for lunch and found county police all over the building. A postal official was also participating for some reason. Two white, unmarked vans arrived and a body was wheeled out and placed in one of them. I don't know if foul play (why do we use the word "play" here) was involved or not.
In the afternoon I met with Mrs. Nien Cheng, the author of "Life and Death in Shanghai" the worldwide bestseller telling of her 6 years of solitary confinement during the Cultural Revolution in China. Mrs. Cheng is a spry, intelligent lady of 90 that has lived in DC for about 25 years, since getting out of China. If you've read the book you know what complete hell she suffered and how she perservered. The Red Guards murdered her daughter while Mrs. Cheng was in prison and the murderers have never been punished.
The neighbor downstairs died today. I came back to the apartment for lunch and found county police all over the building. A postal official was also participating for some reason. Two white, unmarked vans arrived and a body was wheeled out and placed in one of them. I don't know if foul play (why do we use the word "play" here) was involved or not.
In the afternoon I met with Mrs. Nien Cheng, the author of "Life and Death in Shanghai" the worldwide bestseller telling of her 6 years of solitary confinement during the Cultural Revolution in China. Mrs. Cheng is a spry, intelligent lady of 90 that has lived in DC for about 25 years, since getting out of China. If you've read the book you know what complete hell she suffered and how she perservered. The Red Guards murdered her daughter while Mrs. Cheng was in prison and the murderers have never been punished.
posted by Kevcham at 6:08 PM
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We met him when we were there.
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