Egg on Mao : a story of love, hope and defiance
Denise Chong (Author)
ONE -- The reaction of onlookers caromed wildly between praise and condemnation. Many remained incredulous, not knowing what to make of what they had just seen the two young men do. -- The curious lobbed questions. -- "Who are you?" -- "Who do you represent?" -- "Why would you do that? What do you want to achieve by doing this?" -- "The suffering in China today can be traced to Mao Zedong and to the dictatorial rule of the Communist Party-" Decheng was surprised at the confidence in his voice. -- A brawl of words broke out around him. -- "He's right. Down with Mao!" -- "How dare they! There's no need to abuse Mao like that." -- "What they did is an insult to all of China!" -- Decheng felt a rush of exhilaration. He and Dongyue had succeeded in throwing every single one of the more than thirty paint-filled eggs. Even now, there was not a single policeman coming through the crowd for them. Just ordinary people, startled, arguing, awoken. -- He'd never felt so alive. -- No matter where one stood on Beijing's T
Print Book, English, 2011
Vintage Canada, Toronto, 2011