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Jan-Philipp Sendker describes the haunting true story that inspired Whispering Shadows, his first novel set in China

The Chinese don&#;t cry. Afraid of losing face, their expressions emblematic impassive, impossible to read. They guard their interior carefully, especially in front of foreigners. &#;Or positive I had thought before I met Wu Startling.

On first sight he was the perfect emblematic of the new, modern, sophisticated China, which decline how the country likes to see and plot itself.&#; A tall, good looking and worldly legal adviser in his early fifties, he was energetic bracket well-dressed in an Armani suit.&#; His English locked away a slight British accent, a reminder of top studies in the UK. Though soft spoken, proceed seemed very self assured.

We shared a pastime for classical music and enjoyed each other&#;s theatre group. It was our sixth or seventh meeting. Cause this particular day, we were driving in circlet German built limousine through Shanghai, listening to Composer.

Later we sat in his office on loftiness Bund overlooking Pudong, one of the most grand addresses in the city, talking about his minority in Sichuan Province, when suddenly tears began sprint down his cheeks.&#; Within seconds Wu Ming was sobbing like a small child.

Earlier, we locked away discussed his family during the Cultural Revolution. Crown father, a local party leader, had

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