Black Country to Red China: One girl's story from war-torn England to Revolutionary China

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Esther Cheo Ying Ying

Black Country to Red China

One girl's story from war-torn England to Revolutionary China

Esther Cheo Ying Ying

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English

Vintage
15 July 2009

Autobiography: general; Asian history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000

The story of a half Chinese, half English woman in pre and post-Cultural Revolution China, this is a fascinating account of an extraordinary time that is sad, shocking, funny and thought provoking.

Born in pre-Revolutionary China and brought up in the Midlands, Esther Cheo Ying returned to China in 1949 after a traumatic childhood, convinced that there she would find the happiness and sense of belonging she longed for. Caught up in the turmoil of civil war and sympathetic to the Communist Revolution, she joined the Red Army and then stayed on to work in the new People's Republic. But despite her determination to make a new life in China could she truly be happy in a country which encouraged constant self-criticism and viewed her as a 'false foreign devil'?

Black Country to Red China is an extraordinary account of life before the Cultural Revolution, but it is also a fascinating insight into one woman's struggle to come to terms with your own identity.

By: Esther Cheo Ying Ying
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 205g
ISBN: 9780099536031
ISBN 10: 009953603X
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 July 2009
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Esther Cheo Ying was born in Shanghai in 1932. From the age of six she spent her childhood in England but returned to China at seventeen. In the Chinese People's Liberation Army, then in the New China News Agency and on Peking Radio, she saw the New China in the making - from the inside. Eleven years later she returned to Britain and became a teacher. For many years until retirement she was head of a primary school in the West Country. She and her journalist husband then moved back to the outskirts of London to be near their children and grandchildren. Her hobbies include sculpture, writing and walking and her daughter Polly is a successful author.

Reviews for Black Country to Red China: One girl's story from war-torn England to Revolutionary China

A remarkable and direct account * Guardian * An unusual true story...she tells movingly of the brainwashing, privation and heartbreak * Sunday Express * Essential reading * Time Out * Unforgettable * Financial Times *