China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation

China Witness offers a remarkable group of eyewitness accounts that lets us see the cultural upheavals of the past century through the experiences of the Chinese of the Chinese who lived through them.

Xinran, acclaimed author of The Good Women of China, traveled across China seeking out the nation's grandparents and great-grand parents, the men women who experienced firsthand the tremendous changes of the modern era. Although many of them feared repercussions, they spoke with stunning candor...