Nien Cheng, Memoirist Who Was Persecuted in China, Dies at 94 – NYTimes.com

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Nien Cheng, Memoirist, Is Dead at 94

Ms. Cheng’s memoir, “Life and Death in Shanghai,” offered a harrowing account of the Cultural Revolution in China.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/books/07cheng.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In 1973 she was told that the authorities had agreed to release her in recognition of an “improvement in her way of thinking and an attitude of repentance.” She refused to leave and vowed to stay in prison until the government declared her innocent and issued an apology in the press.