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I travelled to China on a study tour in 1971 to see what was happening in the huge, isolated country better known then as “Red China.” China was in the middle of the Cultural Revolution, a radical experiment in mass movement led by the Communist leader Chairman Mao. By quirk of fate, my three-week China tour unexpectedly became an open-ended period of political exile.

To turn adversity into opportunity, I decided to study Mandarin in order to learn more about China. I did it by immersion in schools, and by working in farms and factories. Along the way, I witnessed massive changes as an

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