Xiang-wu Liu was born in Nanxun, an ancient water town in South China in 1954. He dropped out of school in 1966 when Chairman Mao launched the so-called Great Proletarian Cultural ...view moreXiang-wu Liu was born in Nanxun, an ancient water town in South China in 1954. He dropped out of school in 1966 when Chairman Mao launched the so-called Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. He educated himself by reading books about politics, history, literature, medicine, and nature.view less