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"I cannot say enough about how engaging the book is both for the great "true crime" story but even more so for the historical content about China in the 30s: chaing kai-chek has moved the capital to Nanjing in response to challenges by northern warlords leaving loyal mayor behind; Jap. troops wait outside city - attack imminent and subsidize opium to weaken locals; Western quarter heavily guarded post-Boxer Revolution" — Nov 09, 2012 07:33AM
"I cannot say enough about how engaging the book is both for the great "true crime" story but even more so for the historical content about China in the 30s: chaing kai-chek has moved the capital to Nanjing in response to challenges by northern warlords leaving loyal mayor behind; Jap. troops wait outside city - attack imminent and subsidize opium to weaken locals; Western quarter heavily guarded post-Boxer Revolution" — Nov 09, 2012 07:33AM
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“She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself.”
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist
“Maximum return was the maxim to which we returned.”
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