Some books needed to be completely destroyed, during the Red Guard era--see below--

and then re-written from scratch once the author was overseas.

Pasternak's Nobel Prize was based on his book, published in very small type font, by CIA.

A writer from Albania completely disguised his book, smuggled it out in parts and re-wrote once he came out of the country. I can't imagine how it was done.

Nien Cheng told me her only daughter was killed by Red Guards, and in her book she described how she gave an expensive set of ceramics to an official to get out once Deng Xioaping came to power. Deng's son was also pushed out a window.

People who don't do anything truth telling but just go with the flow don't know a thing.

Daw Mar Mar Aye Burmese singer told me she she stepped out of the house, to join the 1988 demonstrations, her husband said, "If you step out, never come back."

I met her in 1998, when she came to apply for a job at RFA. The goat's balls Nga Xoe Dinh (pseu) did not give her a job. I thought so.

DMMA had more cahones than all the men there.

kmk

10-31-2025.