Luo Lingyuan: «Kinder der roten Erde»

After the Communists came to power in 1949, Sina's father, the owner of a small oil mill, was classified as a "black element". He flees, his mother is arrested. At 17, Sina is completely alone. Miraculously, she becomes a teacher and is even allowed to study. But will she find a partner? The Berlin-based author Luo Lingyuan tells of her mother's life and traces the development of China from the civil war to the present day.