Egg On Mao: The Story Of An Ordinary Man Who Defaced An Icon And Unmasked A Dictatorship
by Denise Chong /
2009 / English / EPUB
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The hail of 30 paint-filled eggs, cracking and leaking across the
towering portrait of Chairman Mao, caught the Tiananmen Square
protestors off guard. There was condemnation and confusion. A
clash of cheers and jeers accosted the three young men whose
collective act defied the dictator who molded their country and
their lives.
The hail of 30 paint-filled eggs, cracking and leaking across the
towering portrait of Chairman Mao, caught the Tiananmen Square
protestors off guard. There was condemnation and confusion. A
clash of cheers and jeers accosted the three young men whose
collective act defied the dictator who molded their country and
their lives.Egg on Mao
Egg on Mao pivots around that defining moment during the
1989 student protests, focusing on the life of a bus mechanic
named Lu Decheng and how his frustrations growing up in a
backwater Chinese town under a repressive regime led him to board
a train to Beijing with his two friends to join the protests.
Ultimately labeled a political instigator, Lu and his friends
disappeared into the Chinese prison system and were not seen by
the public again for almost 15 years. Lu’s release from prison
and subsequent political asylum in Canada made it possible for
Denise Chong to share his story of unyielding bravery and
defiance.
pivots around that defining moment during the
1989 student protests, focusing on the life of a bus mechanic
named Lu Decheng and how his frustrations growing up in a
backwater Chinese town under a repressive regime led him to board
a train to Beijing with his two friends to join the protests.
Ultimately labeled a political instigator, Lu and his friends
disappeared into the Chinese prison system and were not seen by
the public again for almost 15 years. Lu’s release from prison
and subsequent political asylum in Canada made it possible for
Denise Chong to share his story of unyielding bravery and
defiance.
Part biography of a gesture, part testament to the power of the
individual,
Part biography of a gesture, part testament to the power of the
individual,Egg on Mao
Egg on Mao honors the courage of protest and
the remarkable momentum of change.
honors the courage of protest and
the remarkable momentum of change.