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What does one owe their country? A family's 'reckoning on China'

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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A Letter Home: Patriotism and Duty

This chapter recounts a poignant letter from a father in China to his brother in America, reflecting on the transformative period of the late 1950s. It highlights themes of national identity, familial responsibility, and political loyalty amid the backdrop of the Korean War and disillusionment with communism.

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