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The monkey and the dragon : a true story about friendship, music, politics and life on the edge Linda Jaivin.

By: Publication details: Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2001.Description: 438 p. :ill., maps, ports. ;24 cmISBN:
  • 1876485914
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.42163092 951.05/8
Holdings: Book

Linda Jaivin first met Hou Dejian, a Taiwanese popstar, in 1981. She charts his fascinating life and their enduring friendship against the backdrop of Chinese politics and culture, as he defects to the mainland and participates in the protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989 hides in the Australian embassy and is expelled.

Includes index. Bibliography: p. [425]-427.

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