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Chapter 3 China

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Chapter 3 China
June 7, 20190

Refuge #15 Blood and Sweat Money

Years of work and study converge in a highly profitable way for Josie's employer. Post-Tiananmen, Australia shows compassion to the Chinese students reaps economic benefits....

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Chapter 3 China
May 31, 20190

Refuge #14: Ants everywhere

Previously in Refuge #13 Lady Camellia and Mother Hubbard: Josie describes how an people read and copied banned books in secret during the Cultural Revolution. Her life story...

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Chapter 3 China
May 24, 20190

Refuge #13 Lady Camellia and Mother Hubbard

Josie names the Western books - many French classics - that she read and copied during the Cultural Revolution. Later, scar literature evolved in China, a response to those...

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Chapter 3 China
May 17, 20194

Refuge #12 White Fungus

Previously: After migrating to Australia, I begin teaching English at a vocational college. My students prompt me to write a collection of refugee stories. A former Australian...

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