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At The Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning With China by Edward Wong
A riveting family memoir. The author’s father was a soldier in Mao’s army in the 1950s.
His loyalty turned to disenchantment and escape to America.
Wong was New York Times bureau chief in China and he uses his considerable journalistic talents to weave a parallel story of modern China, Guaranteed the best 2024 China book.
— Jane Perlez. Host of podcast: Face-Off: US vs. China; former NYT bureau chief in Beijing.
