TheChinaSocietyforPeople'sFriendshipStudies(PFS)incooperationwiththeForeignLanguagesPress(FLP)inBeijinghasarrangedforthere-publication,intheseriesentitledLightonChina,ofsomefiftybookswritteninEnglishbetweenthe1860sandthefoundingyearsofthePeople'sRepublicbyjournalisticandothersympatheticeyewitnessesoftherevolutionaryeventsdescribed.Mostofthesebookshavelongbeenoutofprint,butarenowbeingbroughtbacktolifeforthebenefitofreadersinChinaandabroad.
TheauthorvisitedChinain1976asayoungAmericanintriguedbytheaccomplishmentsofChina'srevolution.Hevisitedagainin1978,andin1979movedtoHenanProvincewherehetaughtinaprovincialcollegefor2years.HewasdrawntothesmallgroupofagingforeignerswhohadembracedChinaanditsCommunistpartyduringtherevolutionandwhohadchosentoremaininChinaafterward.HeiscurrentlywiththeSchoolofHawaiian,AsianandPacificStudiesattheUniversityofHawaii,Honolulu,Hawaii,U.S.A.HehasauthoredtwopreviousbooksandnumerousarticlesonChina.Hisbachelor'sdegreeisfromSt.AndrewsPresbyterianCollegeandhisdoctorateisfromVanderbiltUniversity.
ThisisadetailedaccountofthelifeofGeorgeHatem,alsoknownasMaHaide.TheauthorbeginswiththeearlydevelopmentoftheChineseCommunistpartyandwiththechildhoodandeducationofGeorgeHatemintheU.S.A.HethenfollowsthefurthereducationofHatem,hismovingtoShanghaiin1934attheageof24,hisinvolvementwiththepoliticsofthattimeandplace,andhiseventuallyjoiningtheRedArmyattheendoftheLongMarch.In1937hejoinedtheCommunistparty,andin1949hewaspartoftheRedArmywhichconqueredBeijing.Shortlyafterward,hebecamethefirstforeignertobegrantedChinesecitizenship.FormanyyearshewasanadvisortotheMinistryofPublicHealthwhereheinfluencedpolicyinChina'sstrugglewithvenerealdiseaseandleprosyupuntilhisdeathin1988.
ThisisabookaboutpoliticsandaboutMaHaide'spersonality.Thedetailsofhispoliticalviewsandhissocialandfamilylifeareexhaustive.Ontheotherhand,accountsofhisprofessionallifeinthepublichealthofChinaareextremelysketchyand,withregardtoleprosy,containanumberoferrors.TheauthorisobviouslyinaweofMaHaideandmuchofthetextissimpleadoration.Asopposedtothededicated"Chinahand,"thecasualreaderwillfindthemanydetailsofMaHaide'sinteractionswithChina'sleaderssomewhatlessthanriveting.Indeed,inplacesthebookintrudesintomanypersonaldetailsofhislifethatseemtoservenousefulpurpose. |
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