Born in Beijing in 1919, Dr. Li Zhi-Sui descended from a long line of eminent doctors. He recieved an MD from the West China Union University Medical School in 1945 and was appointed Mao Zedong's personal physician in 1954, a position he held until the Chairman's death in 1976. After emigrating to the United States, he published a critical biography of Mao based on his experiences. He died on February 14, 1995, shortly after its publication.
“The most revealing book ever published on Mao, perhaps on any
dictator in history.”—Professor Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia
University
“From now one no one will be able to pretend to understand Chairman
Mao's place in history without reference to this revealing
account.”—Professor Lucian Pye, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
“Dr. Li does for Mao what the physician Lord Moran's memoir did for
Winston Churchill—turns him into a human being. Here is Mao
unveiled: eccentric, demanding, suspicious, unregretful,
lascivious, and unfailingly fascinating. Our view of Mao will never
be the same again.”—Ross Terrill, author of China in Our
Time
“An extraordinarily intimate portrait of Mao. [Dr.
Li] portrays [Mao's imperial court] as a place of
boundless decadence, licentiousness,
selfishness, relentless toadying and cutthroat political
intrigue.”—Richard Bernstein, The New York Times
“One of the most provocative books on Mao to appear since the
publication of Edgar Snow's Red Star Over China.”—Paul
G. Pickowicz, The Wall Street Journal
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