The Mao Case

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* chief INSPECTOR CHEN CAO of the Shanghai Police Department, head of the Special Case group, often is put in charge of cases that are considered politically "sensitive." A rising party cadre, he's regarded as reliable even though he is unwilling, despite pressures from within and outside the department, to compromise his principles as a policeman for the sake of political expedience. However, after the new Minister of Public Security insists that Chen personally take on a "special assignment," an investigation already begun by Internál Security, he may no longer be abie to resist those pressures. The party, increasingly leery of international embarrassment, is concerned about vague rumors related to Chairman Mao. Jiao, the granddaughter of an actress who had a special relationship to Mao, has recently quit her low-level job as a receptionist, moved into a luxury apartment, and, without any visible means of support, become part of a new social set centered among the remnants of... Tovább

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* chief INSPECTOR CHEN CAO of the Shanghai Police Department, head of the Special Case group, often is put in charge of cases that are considered politically "sensitive." A rising party cadre, he's regarded as reliable even though he is unwilling, despite pressures from within and outside the department, to compromise his principles as a policeman for the sake of political expedience. However, after the new Minister of Public Security insists that Chen personally take on a "special assignment," an investigation already begun by Internál Security, he may no longer be abie to resist those pressures. The party, increasingly leery of international embarrassment, is concerned about vague rumors related to Chairman Mao. Jiao, the granddaughter of an actress who had a special relationship to Mao, has recently quit her low-level job as a receptionist, moved into a luxury apartment, and, without any visible means of support, become part of a new social set centered among the remnants of pre-Communist Shanghai society. What the authorities fear is that, somehow, she has inherited an artifact or material related to Mao that, if made public, would prove embarrassing and damaging to Mao's reputation. And even though there is no proof that Jiao owns such an object, Internál Security is determined to take any measures to avoid the possibility. Now Chen has been given a few short Vissza