Strange Chinese
by Yang Meng
About This Novel
Reform and opening up has suddenly revealed a powerful and unfamiliar China to the world: from the cold Qingtian in Zhejiang to the noisy Madrid in Spain, from the impoverished Shanglin in south-central Guangxi to the gold mines in Ghana, Africa, from the prosperous Dandong on the Yalu River to the North Korea The silent night in Pyongyang; from hometown to foreign land, from the early super stability to the current wandering to make a living. While the strange Chinese people continue to surprise the world, how much emotional suffering have they endured, how much pain have they experienced, and how many souls have they left behind? In this issue, we have selected some chapters from Yang Meng's long documentary "Strange Chinese" to let you experience the tearful and bloody struggle experience of Chinese people overseas - smuggling to Spain. In early October 1995, on a cold night, 19-year-old Zheng Jianmao left his hometown Qingtian and embarked on the road of smuggling.
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