I had to read the English translation since I cannot read or speak Mandarin unfortunately. Its a really good and engaging book imo, gets better with every page and supposedly loveecraft level shit goes down by the end.
In the beginning tho there are a few scenes describing the Cultural Revolution and struggle sessions.
Is it true that Einstein's theories of Relativity were frowned upon by red guard university students because they were seen as capitalist propaganda?
And is it true that some university lecturers were beaten to death during the struggle sessions? I mean cool if they deserved it (feudal landlords etc.) but the Relativity part seems a bit like the author making shit up.
Its funny how despite this the author is not even overtly rabidly critical of Marxism or Communism itself, unlike western authors who spend 10 pages to explain why "muh gommunism bad" every time such events get brought up. Liu seems to be critical of just the events which transpired during the cultural revolution.
You shouldn't pirate the book from z-library because its very unethical and a breach of IP, so you will be sent to hell when you die.
Its not like an antirevolutionary take tbh, plus it means that Obama's intern was able to read three pages and go "ah yes this is clearly an anti-china text" and put it on his reading list, which I think had a fairly big impact on it gaining momentum in the anglosphere.