tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post876634807399140613..comments2024-01-27T01:31:45.582-08:00Comments on THE RUNAGATES CLUB: China and Human Rights - Nien Cheng is still alive you bastards!Ronald J. Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435431062943796717noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post-17661215540433251112011-09-09T09:54:34.077-07:002011-09-09T09:54:34.077-07:00What a courageous woman Nien Cheng is. So gratefu...What a courageous woman Nien Cheng is. So grateful for examples that show how truth prevails. Man can torture and take away the physical freedoms but one can never take from another the agency of the mind. We saw the frustration of those that tried in Life and Death in Shanghai.Andersonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325597836853753649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post-9456035112515703792010-01-11T20:13:51.556-08:002010-01-11T20:13:51.556-08:00An amazing book, loved it. You are right, everyone...An amazing book, loved it. You are right, everyone who wants to know about modern China needs to read it.Michael Stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817583770087094918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post-58067950850011045062009-11-05T17:46:56.937-08:002009-11-05T17:46:56.937-08:00I have just received an e-mail from my son, Marcus...I have just received an e-mail from my son, Marcus Alejandro Hull of Germantown, Md and it reads:<br /> "Some sad but not unexpected news. May she rest in peace, she takes our love with her." (Nien Cheng had passed away in her home in Washington the 2nd of November, 2009).<br />More than twenty years ago my late husband, Charles J. Hull, II and I had the fortune to have met Mrs. Cheng, she insisted us to call her Nien, but she was too Grand of a lady to be addressed by her first name. She has been a very dear friend of all our family and an inspiration through our lives; I am sure she will be forever so, for the rest of the world. <br />I repeat after Marcus, MAY SHE REST IN PEACE and add, WITH HER DEAR HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER. <br />A TRUE HEROINE,in all the sense of the word, A WOMAN ADMIRED FOR HER COURAGE, OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND NOBLE QUALITIES. <br />I shall miss her forever, Teresa Camacho de Hull from La Paz, Bolivia (South America)Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100011287771278397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post-77927402974537162002008-08-31T12:40:00.000-07:002008-08-31T12:40:00.000-07:00Life And Death In Shanghai is without a doubt the ...Life And Death In Shanghai is without a doubt the most amazing book I have ever read on the cultural revolution in China. Nien goes in to gripping detail without any self pity. And with no swearing. Her intelligence level outwitted The Red Guards, and everyone else who stood in her way. It would be a great honor to meet her in person.Olivia Blackburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192859839917613893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post-59585299919637499742008-08-31T12:39:00.000-07:002008-08-31T12:39:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Olivia Blackburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192859839917613893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post-26294261147772549282008-08-07T19:22:00.000-07:002008-08-07T19:22:00.000-07:00I totally agree than Nien Cheng's book is a must r...I totally agree than Nien Cheng's book is a must read for anyone interested in recent China history, especially of the Cultural Revolution years. While I have read many other books on the subject, most of the authors were impressionable youths when they were sent to the countryside. Nien Cheng was a mature and extremely intelligent woman, who was 51 in 1966 when detained in solitary confinement. Her story is without parallel and gives a chilling and impassioned account of he evil than men can do. <BR/><BR/>Sam StearmanSam's Exotic Travel Photoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291204034605370871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post-75147584423414859872008-08-03T11:02:00.000-07:002008-08-03T11:02:00.000-07:00I have just finished reading "Life and Death in S...I have just finished reading "Life and Death in Shanghai", it is a most captivating and outstanding book which allowed me to understand the workings of the Cultural Revolution. I have the greatest admiration for Nien Cheng who has shown not only courage, but a deep intelligence. I hope she is still alive and doing well.Menthe Valdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807163888561002743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994427407900128692.post-48441595318629938092008-06-29T11:25:00.000-07:002008-06-29T11:25:00.000-07:00having just read "LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI" Nien...having just read "LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI" Nien Cheng is testimony how to fight tyranny with strength and grace . and maybe without swearingmartinbrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834974281201815426noreply@blogger.com