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A total lie
If you want to see how a human being can make a lie to the extreme, for example, writing a book about herself from the beginning to the end, please read this book. It definately shows the inteligence of the author, however, the inteligence on how to lie about her own life and finally since the lie is so true, she believed all the crap herself.
To be frank, I was born in China after Cultrul Revolution and I gained my knowledge on that period from books and my parent's experience. This book's story was contradict in every way I learned. Is that because Ms Ping (the author) simply told the truth and I was brain-washed? No. In contrast, she is just simply brain-washed by her own lie.
I don't want want to go depth to show all the facts since there is an excellent review which shows Ms. Ping's story in the book just COUND NOT happen in China. I just wanted to emphasize that she came to US in 1982 after she graduated from colledge. According to her own story, she was sent to US as a punishment because she critisized the Chinese government and gained national recognition. I could not think a better way to "punish" a Chinese citizen by expelling her to US and surprizingly US goverment accepted her. I did not know who reviewed this case as an immigration officer and apparently the person did not do his/her duty. From this amazing make-up story, Ms Ping showed her great talent on lieing beyond my imagination.
January 2013 · Books