Passport to Peking: A Very British Mission to Mao's China Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)Are you looking to buy Passport to Peking: A Very British Mission to Mao's China? Here is the right place to find the great deals. we can offer discounts of up to 90% on Passport to Peking: A Very British Mission to Mao's China. Check out the link below:

>> Click Here to See Compare Prices and Get the Best Offers

Passport to Peking: A Very British Mission to Mao's China ReviewWhen the revolutionary People's Republic of China came into being out of the ashes of World War II, it was firmly in the orbit of the USSR with the United States hostile to its existence. While the government of Great Britain was supportive of the United States, many of that country's artists, intellectuals and labor leaders favored the overthrow of Chinese warlords, wicked land-owners, and corrupt politicians: they celebrated the arrival of a clean communist state of the workers.
Patrick Wright's book tells the story, from a British perspective, of a number of these left-leaning, if not communist, individuals (mostly men but a few women) who made their way in the early 1950s to Mao's new China.
While the central focus of the book is on the PRC, there is a good amount of interesting material on travel through Russia while en route to the Middle Kingdom.
One comes away from reading this book with a reminder of how hard it was to travel long distances in the days before commercial jets; how isolated China was from the Western world; how the success of group travel always comes down to individuals; how truth fell victim to the needs of the new rulers; and how innocent were these good people of the terror that Mao would soon unleash on his country's people. I most appreciated the cultural and political comparisons made by the author related to art and artists, specifically telling insights involving Paul Hogarth and Stanley Spencer.
Passport to Peking: A Very British Mission to Mao's China Overview

Want to learn more information about Passport to Peking: A Very British Mission to Mao's China?

>> Click Here to See All Customer Reviews & Ratings Now