{"product_id":"beijing-confidential-paperback-by-jan-wong","title":"Beijing Confidential Paperback by Jan Wong","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAnchor Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2008-06-24)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e336\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780385663595\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e306.18\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.02 x 5.07 x 0.89\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan Wong has returned to Beijing. Her quest: to find someone she encountered briefly  in 1973, and whose life she was certain she had ruined forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1970s Jan Wong became one of only two Westerners permitted to study at Beijing University. One day a young stranger, Yin Luoyi, asked for help in getting to America. Wong, then a starry-eyed Maoist, immediately reported her to the authorities, and Yin disappeared. Wong chronicled that brief meeting in her bestselling book Red China Blues. Now, a decade after \u003ci\u003eRed China Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and thirty-four years after that fateful encounter, Jan Wong revisits the Chinese capital to begin her search for the woman who has haunted her conscience. She wants to apologize, to somehow make amends. At the very least she wants to discover whether Yin survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Emotionally powerful  and rich with detail, \u003ci\u003eBeijing Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together three distinct stories—Wong’s journey from remorse to redemption, Yin’s journey from disgrace to respectability,  and Beijing’s stunning journey from communism to capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eJAN WONG is a Canadian academic, journalist, and writer. She has worked and written for \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Montreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the George Polk Award, National Newspaper Award, New England Press Association Newswoman of the Year Award, and more. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLunch with Jan Wong\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeijing Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJan Wong's China\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed China Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOut of the Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eApron Strings. \u003c\/i\u003eShe currently divides her time between Toronto, where she is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eToronto Life \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and Fredericton, where she is a professor in journalism at St. Thomas University and a columnist for the Halifax Chronicle Herald.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44912988389537,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780385663595","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780385663595.jpg?v=1745850483","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/beijing-confidential-paperback-by-jan-wong","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}