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Come listen to Meihong Xu's amazing stories on Tuesday, March 6th
(18:10-19:50), in Room C250. ? She has just started her new job at Softbank Venture Capital in Mountain View, yes, the Softbank of?Masayoshi Son,?one of the world's leading Internet market forces and, well, once was the largest shareholder in leading Internet companies including Yahoo!, E*TRADE and ZDNet?(circa June 2000).... prior to joining Softbank, she served as the Executive Vice President of? Angel Engineers, responsible for corporate development, investor relations, and strategic planning. ? Non-registered students welcome subject to seat availability... come early! ? ? March 6 Meihong Xu Principal, Softbank Corp AuthorYes, she is a VC in the valley, but is also a? Co-author of the International Best-selling Book,?DAUGHTER OF CHINA A True Story of Love and Betrayal. Well here is?one of the book reviews...?? ? It is early September 1988. First lieutenant Xu Meihong, a young graduate of China's elite intelligence corps, is assigned to spy on suspected American operative Larry Engelmann. The roguish, blue-eyed professor instead opens Xu's eyes to the wonders of freedom and democracy. They fall in love, dodge the bad guys, escape China and end up happily ensconced in paradise (read California). This is no Hollywood movie script. Like most stories flooding out of China over the past decade, it is unbelievable, but true. Daughter of China is the latest of a rash of Chinese women's biographies to hit the bookshelves. Cynics may groan, but with no good reason. While the autobiography fits the "scar memoir" mould, it also offers an insider's look at a bumbling and brutish People's Liberation Army and the petty power games played by party leaders. Xu's revelations about the PLA's inner workings also are engrossing. She tells of a failed plan to build a mock American city--complete with American-style cinemas, cars, gas pumps, restaurants and credit cards--to better train officers to blend in should they be posted to the United States on intelligence missions. But above all, Daughter of China is a thrilling tale told with intelligence and compassion.?? (excerpt from "Loving the Enemy" by Angela Leary, Far Eastern Economic Review, Aug 5, 99) - author.gif
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