Reviews
- Prejudice vs. Understanding: This is a series I make sure to check out whenever a new volume is released. It isn't dry, and because it centers around the characters, it is entertaining and keeps you reading without realizing how much time has passed. Before I knew it, I had already reached the fifth volume. Understanding China and the people who live within it is perhaps an indispensable task. In that regard, this series has been very helpful. It assists me in getting closer to China, both in
Winners in reality must be devious and good at lying. The time for justice to prevail is far too slow.
Kim Myung-ho: Chinese Stories 5
Volume 5 of *Kim Myung-ho’s Stories of the Chinese*, a panorama of the leading and supporting figures who shaped modern and contemporary China. Based on articles serialized in *JoongAng Sunday*’s “Modern and Contemporary China with Photos,” this book vividly reconstructs the figures who were active during the unfolding of modern and contemporary Chinese history, spanning the turbulent period from the fall of the Qing Dynasty to the Cultural Revolution. Amidst this dramatic history—including the birth of the Republic of China, the founding of the Communist Party, the Northern Expedition, the War of Resistance against Japan, the Chinese Civil War and cooperation, Sino-Soviet and Sino-American diplomacy, the establishment of the New China, and the Cultural Revolution—characters such as revolutionaries, intellectuals, and artists appear, possessing personalities even more distinctive than the protagonists of novels. This fifth volume covers Lin Biao, who rose to become the core of power threatening Mao Zedong's position before being assassinated; Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's mistress who was cast out after standing at the center of the Cultural Revolution; the Northeast Volunteer Army, the protagonists of China's national anthem, "March of the Volunteers"; the delicate relationship between North Korea and China revealed during the Korean War; and Gu Weijun, a diplomat active before the founding of the New China. Based on the author's extensive knowledge and vast materials, the writing style is simple and clear, describing the thoughts and emotions of various figures neatly yet in detail. Naturally, the reader is drawn into the heart of the New China.
Korean title: 중국인 이야기 5
Korean author: 김명호
Korean publisher: 한길사
ISBN-13: 9788935670109
Reviews
- Prejudice vs. Understanding: This is a series I make sure to check out whenever a new volume is released. It isn't dry, and because it centers around the characters, it is entertaining and keeps you reading without realizing how much time has passed. Before I knew it, I had already reached the fifth volume. Understanding China and the people who live within it is perhaps an indispensable task. In that regard, this series has been very helpful. It assists me in getting closer to China, both in
Winners in reality must be devious and good at lying. The time for justice to prevail is far too slow.
