The Private Life of Chairman Mao : The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician / Tr. [from Chinese] by Tai Hung-Chao. Sams the lives of Jai and

the lives of Jai and his friends will never be the same again

thoughtful prose Nikos Kazantzakis

Told from four different perspectives

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In barely six years

The Private Life of Chairman Mao : The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician / Tr. [from Chinese] by Tai Hung-Chao. Sams the lives of Jai andFrom 1954 until Mao Zedong's death 22 years later, Dr Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician, which put him in almost daily & increasingly intimate contact with Mao & his inner circle. For most of these years, Mao's health was excellent. Thus he & the doctor had time to discuss political & personal matters. Dr Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries as well as in memory. In The Private Life of Chairman Mao he reconstructs