Chinese Shadows
first publication date: 1974
genre: essay
original title: Chinese Shadows
original language: English
main subject: Cultural Revolution
follows: Les Habits neufs du président Mao
Chinese Shadows is a book written by Simon Leys, which is the pseudonym for Belgian Sinologist Pierre Ryckmans. It was originally published in the French language in 1974 under the title Ombres chinoises, and was then translated into English in 1977. The book is about Leys' six-month stay in China, which he made in 1972. Leys discusses the cultural and political destruction of the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong, who was the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party at the time. He wrote under a pseudonym since, like other academics and journalists who refrained from criticizing China, he did not want to be barred from future visits to Beijing (Peking). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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2- date of publication: 1977-09-15ISBN-13: 978-0-670-21918-6
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