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...inhumanity is always relevant. Nien Cheng, 72, born into a wealthy landowning family, met her husband, Kang-chi Cheng, in 1935 in England, where both were studying at the London School of Economics. The husband, a diplomat in the Kuomintang regime, was enough of an optimist to decide to remain in Shanghai with his wife and young daughter after the Communists overthrew Chiang Kai-shek in 1949 and gained power in China. He went on to serve as general manager for Shell, the only multinational oil company to stay on after Mao Tse-tung's triumph. When he died...
...Detention House, where I was to remain for 6 1/2 years, was the foremost detention house for political prisoners in Shanghai. It was an old establishment where the Kuomintang had once imprisoned Communists. The black Jeep drove through the main gate, along a drive lined by willow trees, then through another gate. I was undressed, searched, photographed, fingerprinted. ''While you are here, you will be known by a number,'' the man at the entry desk said. ''You'll no longer use your name, not even to the guards. Your number is 1806.'' I was taken out through another gate...
...later a man's voice announced over the loudspeaker that the No. 1 Detention House had been placed under military control. ''Some of you have not confessed,'' he said. ''The policy of our Great Leader Chairman Mao is 'Lenient treatment for those who confess, severe punishment for those who remain stubborn and reward for those who render meritorious service by denouncing others.' Tonight we will deal with some of the outstanding cases here.'' Then he called out one name after another of prisoners sentenced to death because they had not confessed their crimes. With each name the man / shouted...
...many months of intense effort to be able to raise my arms above my head; it was a full year before I could stretch them straight above me. The deeper wounds where the metal of the handcuffs cut through my flesh almost to the bone left scars that remain with me to this...
...free person.'' He lifted his head and looked at me. ''Haven't you something to say? Aren't you grateful? Aren't you pleased that you can now leave as a free person?'' I tried my best to control my anger. ''I can't accept your conclusion. I shall remain here in the No. 1 Detention House until a proper conclusion is reached about my case. A proper conclusion must include a declaration that I am innocent of any crime or political mistake, an apology for wrongful arrest and full rehabilitation. Furthermore, the apology must...