Yuan-tsung Chen is a distinguished author and former Chinese official who served during the tumultuous Maoist era in the 1950s. As a witness to and survivor of the harsh realities of Maoism, she has channeled her experiences into her writing, most notably in her acclaimed novel The Dragon’s Village. Her work offers a rare and poignant insight into life under one of history’s most challenging regimes.

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The Secret Listener by Yuan-tsung Chen

The Secret Listener | An Ingenue in Mao’s Court by Yuan-tsung Chen shares the experiences of the author’s life in China under Mao’s regime. It is a personal account of life in the orbit of Mao and Zhao En-Lai and one woman’s effort to tell what it was like to be at the center of the storm.