licentiousness under mao

“I forbid you to talk to Sunyun, or go to any dance party she invites you to. She’s only fifteen, but she already owns a digital watch. Her morals are definitely suspect… you must swear on Chairman Mao’s life  that you won’t speak to her again.”

“I forbid you to talk to Sunyun, or go to any dance party she invites you to. She’s only fifteen, but she already owns a digital watch. Her morals are definitely suspect… you must swear on Chairman Mao’s life  that you won’t speak to her again.”

From Ma Jian’s very good Beijing Coma