Acknowledgements
We express our greatest appreciation to Song Yongyi, Hu Ping, Xu Youyu and He Shu for their encouragement, support, comments and critiques of our book. Much that follows has been inspired by their suggestions.
We are deeply indebted to Mrs. Wu Yuzhang who had preserved the original Investigation Report of the Wang Jin Incident for decades. Her daughter, Yuan Jinmei (a philosophy professor at Creighton University, Omaha,
We have benefited from the assistance and information provided by Li Jiajun, Wang Hong, and Ke Deyuan. Li Jiajun was a former student at the
We also express our sincere gratitude to Wang Youqin, Hu Jie, Qi Zhi, Ye Weili, and Feng Jinglan who provided us with valuable information on the Bian Zhongyuan Incident. Their support made it possible for us to recount the incident in an impartial and balanced way.
We also acknowledge our appreciation for the criticisms, comments, corrections and suggestions by two anonymous reviewers of an earlier version of this manuscript.
Finally, there are many people who helped us in writing this book that have asked to remain anonymous for fear of possible trouble in China were their views made known. We hope there soon comes a time when their fears and worries can be swept away and we can thank them openly for their many significant contributions.