Life and Death in Shanghai

A chilling personal account of one woman's imprisonment during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, Life and Death in Shanghai is a story of heroic resistance and courageous perseverance. Educated in London, and a widow of an official of Chiang Kaishek's regime and an employee of Shell Oil, Nien Cheng refused to confess to being an enemy of the state, leading to six years of solitary confinement. The book highlights the fight for power and party factions of Mao's China and portrays an astounding portrait of one woman's courage.