https://www.scmp.com/rss/512813/feed Li Zhuqing is a professor at Brown University, Rhode Island. Her research has focused on the study of the Chinese language, the linguistic aspects of Chinese-English translations, and the historical experiences of the Chinese returnees. She is the author of Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden, an account of her two maternal aunts, and the lasting impact of war on the lives of individuals and families. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com To be separated of course means having been together once, and Jun and Hong started out from the same place, a home named the Flower Fragrant Garden, a spacious, verdant family compound, one of Fuzhou’s biggest and richest homes. It crowned what was called the Cangqian Hill across the Min River from the main part of Fuzhou, like a tiara encircled by a low stone wall. The main building was a grand, two-storey red-brick Western-style house rising from the lush greenery of the rolling grounds. A... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3181230/amid-chinas-civil-war-between-communists-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3181230/amid-chinas-civil-war-between-communists-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jun 2022 09:15:09 +0000