First Published in 1985. This book provides an observation of the Chinese Revolution by a journalist who returned to China in 1980 and can give a unique perspective and insight into that traumatic experience. Harold Isaacs who in the 1930s knew Soong Ching-ling (Mme. Sun Tay-sen) one of the great women of modern history, sensitivity brings to the reader the revolutionary ideals and dreams of the people of Shanghai.