ABSTRACT

https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315288291/a1eedcaa-57fc-4fca-9a39-2ae5e50fda7a/content/fig7_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> Cheng Naishan (b. 1946), or Nancy Cheng, is unique among Chinese writers in that she is from a rich family (her grandfather was a prominent banker in Shanghai and, after 1949, Hong Kong), and she is a declared Christian. Born in Shanghai, she is the only writer in this book who spent several years outside mainland China—she attended school in Hong Kong until the fourth grade.