I CHOSE CHINA >....

The memoir of a Jewish Brooklynite who in 1947 went to China for a visit and wound up becoming a Chinese citizen. Shapiro remains proud of the Chinese revolution and the people but does criticize events such as the Cultural Revolution (during which his wife was placed under house arrest for four years) and the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Originally published in 1997 as . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR