Our family friend, Linda Wang 陈永秀, is an accomplished artist and novelist. During our recent visit to CA, she showed me a recent article she wrote for China Daily, Taiwan 台湾中华日報 published on Nov. 21, 2008 which brought tears to my eyes when reading it. It dealt with emotions and relationship between parent and child – Love, Sacrifice, Rebellion, Redemption, Understanding, Chinese traditions, and for some, Regrets. I am sure the article will resonate with many modern Chinese readers even though the events took place some 50 years ago. It was an ageless Chinese story.
With her permission, I reproduce the article below: