TWO INNOCENTS IN RED CHINA
translated by I.M. OWEN
PIERRE TRUDEAU
JACQUES HÉBERT
with a new introduction and afterword by ALEXANDRE TRUDEAU
DOUGLAS & MCINTYRE Vancouver/Toronto
Main text copyright © 1961, 2007 by Jacques Hébert and Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Translation © Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. 2007
Introduction and afterword © 2007 by Alexandre Trudeau
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Introduction and afterword edited by Scott Steedman
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CONTENTS
Introduction by Alexandre Trudeau
A Note on the First English Edition
1 | IN WHICH THE EXPEDITION NEARLY SINKS IN THE THAMES
3 | FROM THE PEOPLE ’S PALACE TO THE PALACE OF THE EMPERORS
6 | THE NORTH-EAST, PRIDE OF NEW CHINA
8 | HOW TO MAKE DOCTORS AND STEEL
11 | INDUSTRY AND CULTURE IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE
13 | A FACTORY, A COMMUNE, AND A CAPITALIST
14 | FROM THE EMPTY CATHEDRAL TO THE CHILDREN’S PALACE
19 | SIGHTSEEING IN THE LAST FEW DAYS
Afterword by Alexandre Trudeau
TWO INNOCENTS IN RED CHINA
INTRODUCTION BY ALEXANDRE TRUDEAU
I was born to one of the authors of Two Innocents in Red China. I guess it is fair to say that I have always known about this book. Deep in the murky depths of my childhood memories, I remember, of all the things that might have impressed me about my father,