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and a clear-eyed assessment of a country struggling to free itself from history

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The Dragon's Pearl Condition:Good and a clear-eyed assessment ofA woman raised as the ward of Premier Zhou Enlai, after being sent to China as a goodwill offering from Thailand, describes her Chinese education, relationships with the legendary founders of Communist China, and the perils of the Cultural Revolution.