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    From Age to Page: Glimpse into Historical Reality Through Fiction

    Jun 07, 2019 3 minutes
    Text Fern Teo

    CHINA

    Lust, Caution and Other Stories is a translated collection of short stories by Zhang Ailing. The titular story is based on real-life events of socialite spy Zheng Pingru during the Second Sino-Japanese War, where she seduced the chief of security of the Japanese puppet regime to assassinate him. Zhang’s collection of tales exposes the underlying tensions of gender roles in romance during pre-communist China – a time in the country’s history where love was tainted or challenged by politics and uncertainty.

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