From Tea to Coffee: The Journey of an Educated Youth
By Cheng Wang
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“From Tea to Coffee is a wonderful exploration of history and a life that has extended across half a century and two continents. For those who believe that East and West can never meet or can only stand in opposition to each other, this memoir offers a beautiful counterpoint.” —Bennett R. Coles, award-winning author of six published books including Dark Star Rising
“Cheng Wang’s transformative evolution from young Communist ideologue to astute western observer is a must-read cultural travelogue.” —Don Vaughan, founder, Triangle Association of Freelancers, North Carolina
Following Mao's call to the young during the Cultural Revolution, Cheng Wang, a so-called “Educated Youth,” boarded a train destined for a secluded village in Inner Mongolia for the compulsory period of re-education. For the next three grueling years in rural exile, he pondered how his once privileged family had been caught in a political undertow, and how his own future might unfold.
From Tea to Coffee is a story of struggle and triumph during China’s modern-day cultural and political drama, and is a rare and personal account that showcases the Chinese national psyche. Like all political movements of the past, the Cultural Revolution was not the first of its kind, nor quite possibly the last, yet Cheng Wang, now at home in both America and in China, maintains an optimism in confronting today's social polarization between the East and the West.
Cheng Wang
Cheng Wang, M.D., Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He is also an Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Wang is the P.I. of protocols (grants) supported by the NCTR/FDA, National Toxicology Program and NICHD. He is currently responsible for leading a research team that provides unique and highly specialized skills in neural toxicology, pharmacology, systems biology and stem cell biology research. Dr. Wang has published more than 80 peer-reviewed research articles in prestigious journals and 20 book chapters. Dr. Wang is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the book entitled “Developmental Neurotoxicology Research: Principles, Models, Techniques, Strategies, and Mechanisms and “Neural Cell Biology. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Evolving Stem Cell Research (JESR) and Global Journal of Anesthesiology. Dr. Wang was awarded the Outstanding Performance Award at the Society of Toxicology 44th Annual Meeting and the 2007 FDA Scientific Achievement Award for Excellence in Laboratory Science. He also was awarded a 2008 FDA Group Recognition Award for his participation in the Pediatric Anesthesia Research Group. Research Interests Neural Stem Cell Biology Application of Systems Biology in Neurotoxicological Studies during Development Activity-induced Synaptic Plasticity and Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Potential Pediatric Anesthetic-induced Neural Cell Death and the Potential Role of Neurotransmission (Mechanistic Studies) Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Expression Levels of DNA Repair Enzymes
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