Ping Wang Books
Aching for Beauty
By Wang Ping
When Wang Ping was nine years old, she secretly set about binding her feet with elastic bands. Footbinding had by then been outlawed in China, women’s feet “liberated,” but at that young age she de...
Read MoreThe dragon emperor
A jealous warrior challenges the leadership of the dragon emperor. End note discusses the dragon in Chinese folklore and culture.
Read MoreAching for Beauty
"Wang Ping interprets the mystery of footbinding as part of a womanly heritage - "a roaring ocean current of female language and culture." She claims that footbinding should not be viewed merely as...
Read MoreForeign Devil
By Wang Ping
Foreign Devil tells the story of Ni Bing, whose desire for a free life earns her the disparagement of family and friends. Amid the turbulence of the Cultural Revolution and the kafkaesque rules of...
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