{"product_id":"from-tea-to-coffee-cheng-wang-9781948598514","title":"From Tea to Coffee: The Journey of an Educated Youth","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrom Tea to Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful exploration of history and a life that has extended across half a century and two continents. For those who believe that East and West can never meet or can only stand in opposition to each other, this memoir offers a beautiful counterpoint.\" -Bennett R. Coles, award-winning author of six published books including \u003ci\u003eDark Star Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Cheng Wang's transformative evolution from young Communist ideologue to astute western observer is a must-read cultural travelogue.\" -Don Vaughan, founder, Triangle Association of Freelancers, North Carolina\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing Mao's call to the young during the Cultural Revolution, Cheng Wang, a so-called \"Educated Youth,\" boarded a train destined for a secluded village in Inner Mongolia for the compulsory period of re-education. For the next three grueling years in rural exile, he pondered how his once privileged family had been caught in a political undertow, and how his own future might unfold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Tea to Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of struggle and triumph during China's modern-day cultural and political drama, and is a rare and personal account that showcases the Chinese national psyche. Like all political movements of the past, the Cultural Revolution was not the first of its kind, nor quite possibly the last, yet Cheng Wang, now at home in both America and in China, maintains an optimism in confronting today's social polarization between the East and the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheng Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948598515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948598514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Books Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022","brand":"Cheng Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990613197055,"sku":"9781948598514","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3739cd6a-11e7-4694-8786-55d6c7d78597.jpg?v=1683305658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-tea-to-coffee-cheng-wang-9781948598514","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}