tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post5377391582994142128..comments2023-06-20T06:32:49.629-07:00Comments on Hot Tea and a Pencil: Arrrgh! Who did I loan that book to?Elizabeth Partridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05117216113825150750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post-90091915035978486662008-06-21T06:14:00.000-07:002008-06-21T06:14:00.000-07:00The comment: 'Alan Winnington was my great-uncle'....The comment: 'Alan Winnington was my great-uncle'. I'm writing a book on Western residents in China during the Mao era (1949-76) and have been doing some research on Alan Winnington. I wonder how you're related to Alan Winnington (through your father or mother?) -- and whether you have any contact with (or an address for) Alan Winnington's first wife (Esther Samson) who I think is still alive. My email address is b.j.hooper@shef.ac.uk<BR/>Many thanks,<BR/>Prof. Beverley Hooper<BR/>University of SheffieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post-84026299438719222572008-03-09T22:06:00.000-07:002008-03-09T22:06:00.000-07:00Amazing that you found this post. I presume you we...Amazing that you found this post. I presume you were googling your great uncle? I bet he was a really interesting man, and wrote a lot of other fascinating books. He was certainly very adventurous!Elizabeth Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117216113825150750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post-20526103318038285662008-02-22T10:24:00.000-08:002008-02-22T10:24:00.000-08:00Alan Winnington was my great Uncle - it's nice to ...<B>Alan Winnington</B> was my great Uncle - it's nice to find a fan! <BR/>OliverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post-81711543400883858252008-02-21T17:24:00.000-08:002008-02-21T17:24:00.000-08:00Hi Betsy, I miss you. Can we have lunch? Lissaliss...Hi Betsy, I miss you. Can we have lunch? <BR/>Lissa<BR/><BR/>lissa_rovetch@yahoo.com<BR/>415 785-8262<BR/><BR/>http://www.vilelittlepoems.com<BR/><BR/>http://www.hotdogandbob.com<BR/><BR/>http://www.highlightskids.com/Stories/arizonaZone/az_top/arizonaZone_Top.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post-61856923876716736032008-02-13T09:23:00.000-08:002008-02-13T09:23:00.000-08:00A really interesting part of this book in rereadin...A really interesting part of this book in rereading is to read about slavery totally outside of our Western and American slavery. It's shocking in its nakedness, without the cultural references I'm used to.<BR/><BR/>How slaves have no rights at all to their kids. They can be given away, sold away at any time. So can a slave couple who have lived together for decades.<BR/><BR/>How they are Han Chinese, taken in raids. How they are used as breeders, as slaves are one of the most valuable "crops" an owner has. The social codes and slave owning codes are complex. Slaves can even own slaves.<BR/><BR/>And then I wonder: what happened to the slaves after they were freed in the late 1950s? Mao supplied them with basics at first. Rice, tools, pots, farm animals. But soon after they were freed, millions and millions of Chinese starved to death. How did the ex-slaves fare? Probably very poorly.Elizabeth Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117216113825150750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post-29311959274812914262008-02-13T09:02:00.000-08:002008-02-13T09:02:00.000-08:00And anon, thanks for the Links Plus reference. It ...And anon, thanks for the Links Plus reference. It can be found on library websites. If they don't have the book you want, they'll check other libraries for it. My library does it at no charge.Elizabeth Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117216113825150750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post-8677615517019598472008-02-13T09:01:00.000-08:002008-02-13T09:01:00.000-08:00The bit I couldn't get out of my mind and kept com...The bit I couldn't get out of my mind and kept coming back to was something about the slave owners bones being black. The owners consider their bones black like English gentry say their blood is blue. I'm really not sure if it is a more literal reference for the Norsu, even after rereading.<BR/><BR/>In Chinese medicine we refer frequently to bones. One of my favorites is "Steaming bone syndrome" where the patient feels like heat is coming out of their bones. (It's a complicated part of Chinese medicine to grasp, where the kidney yin energy is weak so the kidney yang becomes excessive and out of control, causing a sensation of heat, which is actually due to deficiency.)<BR/>Now that I've confused everybody...Elizabeth Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117216113825150750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761454584226122935.post-56048169685211206622008-02-11T19:53:00.000-08:002008-02-11T19:53:00.000-08:00Links Plus is the best! The book can be borrowed f...Links Plus is the best! The book can be borrowed from San Diego State University, San Francisco State University and CSU East Bay.<BR/><BR/>"The ancient social conditions and changes now in progress on the remote South-Western borders of China 1959"<BR/><BR/>Will you tell us an short anecdote from the book? <BR/><BR/>AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com