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At the age of nine, Jin Xing entered a military academy. He knew that he had been born to dance and, in Mao's China, it was the army that provided the best training. His exceptional talent was soon recognised; by the time he was eighteen, he was regarded as the best principal dancer in China. He won a scholarship to study in the United States where he discovered a new world of contemporary dance, and made both a new identity and a decision that was to change his life - and would shake the whole of China: Jin Xing underwent a sex-change. He became a woman - and then a mother.
The incredible adventure of this solider with a young girl's heart was suppressed by Chinese authorities for years, but now Jin Xing can finally tell her story. From the regimented world of the Red Army, to Europe's most elegant boulevards; from the small Manchurian village of her birth, to the dizzying excess of New York; Jin Xing's story has all the drama and energy of a classic ballet - and a happy ending.
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"'Shanghai Tango is a breathtaking story... Everyone in the West should know about Jin Xing.' Xiaolu Guo, author of A Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers 'This memoir stands out [and is] never less than gripping.' - Edwin Reardon, The First Post"
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Jin Xing was the subject of a television documentary at the age of eight and sent to a military academy at the age of nine. After moving to New York, she returned to China for a sex-change operation in 1995. Since then she has continued her career as a dancer and choreographer, with productions including Shanghai Tango and Carmina Murana. Jin Xing lives in Shanghai with her three adopted three children.
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- PublisherAtlantic Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1843546337
- ISBN 13 9781843546337
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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