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For Anyone To Open Their Heart, They Need The Right Atmosphere, And Something To Prompt Them. For My Mother It Was Her Trip Abroad: She Was In A Very Relaxed, Understanding Environment. I Was Very Sympathetic Towards Her.

The Chinese Seemed To Be Mourning Mao In A Heartfelt Fashion. But I Wondered How Many Of Their Tears Were Genuine. People Had Practiced Acting To Such A Degree That They Confused It With Their True Feelings.

I No Longer Have The Terrible Nightmares That I Used To Have. Mao Had Just Died In 1976, And China Began To Open Up. For The First Time Scholarships To Go To The West To Study Were Awarded On Academic Merit.

What Has Marked Chinese Society Is Its Level Of Cruelty, Not Just Revolutions And Wars. We Ought To Reject It Totally, Otherwise In Another Upheaval There Will Be Further Cruelty.

I Like To Have Chinese Furniture In My Home As A Constant And Painful Reminder Of How Much Has Been Destroyed In China. The Contrast Between The Beauty Of The Past And The Ugliness Of The Modern Is Nowhere Sharper Than In China.