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Title: The Good Women of China : Hidden Voices by XINRAN XUE ISBN: 1-4000-3080-3 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (23 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book but just one point to make...
Comment: The Good Women of China is wonderful collection of vignettes that each give the reader a glimpse of what it is like to must have been like to be a woman in modernizing China. Xinran met each of these women through her radio show. Each of their stories paints a painful picture of the hardships that they continue to face throughout their day-to-day living.
However, in the chapter "What Chinese Women Believe", I was sad to see "Falun Gong" so inaccurately portrayed, as I knew that her words would affect readers, who may not ever read another source. I am a Swedish reader and I have practiced Falun Gong for two years now. Falun Gong is a popular qigong practice that people do in over 60 countries worldwide. It is based on the values of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. As I understand it, the aim of the practice, as explained by the founder, Li Hongzhi, is to do your best to embody these three principles everyday and in everything you do. The practice has truly changed my heart and I feel that I have become a much kinder and considerate person as a result. My health has also vastly improved as a result of practicing it.
Unfortunately, practitioners in China are currently suffering terrible persecution, as I write this, because the number of practitioners rose to between 70 and 100 million by 1998 (almost a thirteenth of China's current population). Jiang Zemin, former Chinese leader, after failing to win popularity similar to those of his predecessors, Mao Ze Dong and Deng Xiao Ping, initiated the persecution out of jealousy at Falun Gong's popularity, vowing to "Defame their reputations, bankrupt them financially and destroy them physically."
The US government has already passed two resolutions condemning the persecution (H.Con. Res. 118 & 503). Jiang is now facing lawsuits in 13 different countries for "genocide and crimes against humanity," as are several of his main "accomplices", including Luo Gan, head of China's gestapo-like "6-10 Office."
The inaccuracies in the woman's account are likely due to the lack of accurate information regarding the practice in China in general. Since the persecution began in July 1999, the state-run media has been utilized to vilify Falun Gong on a daily basis. Falun Gong books are burned and web sites and blocked, making it very difficult to obtain accurate information. This might explain why the author seemed to know more about the practice than the woman giving the account.
. I hope I have included enough information to give at least a sense of both the nature of this wonderful practice and the scope of this human rights disaster. However, just in case, more information can be found if you are interested at - www.faluninfo.net.
Otherwise, I found Xin Ran's book to be a good read. Well done!
Take care and good luck book shopping. There is many a fine one her at Amazon.com J.
Best,
Jacob :D
Rating: 4
Summary: Must Read!
Comment: These true accounts of life in communist China for women will sadden, amaze, and make you realise freedom is not just a vague ideal but something we take for granted daily.
This novel is an emotive collection of stories from Xinran, a radio broadcaster in China. For years in China she had a program which encouraged women to talk about their lives. The political minefield she uncovered is recounted through her own story, which is interwoven through the heartbreaking tales of her listeners. Tales of rape, forced marriages, separation from parents and other forms of cruelty are vividly recounted in a voice that is appealing for its honesty and simplicity.
Personally, I felt that such a book is important to read because freedom is something you take for granted until you see the consequences of its loss.
Rating: 5
Summary: Page Turner Alert!!!!!!!!
Comment: This book was written so beautifully. It was very sad but depicted the strength of not only Chinese women but the Human spirit in general.
I have an adopted daughter from China and I will give her this book when she is old enough to understand it.
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Title: Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China by Kay Ann Johnson, Amy Klatzkin ISBN: 0963847279 Publisher: Yeong & Yeong Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another by Cindy Champnella ISBN: 0312309635 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 14 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: At Home in This World, A China Adoption Story by Jean MacLeod ISBN: 0972624414 Publisher: Emk Pr Pub. Date: 04 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang ISBN: 0385425473 Publisher: Anglophone Sa Pub. Date: 03 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: River Town : Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler ISBN: 0060953748 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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