Download or read book The Chinese Box written by Christopher New and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fingers of pianists are broken for playing bourgeois music, teachers are humiliated and worse-the Cultural Revolution is in full fury on the mainland. Hong Kong is rife with rumors and riots. Nonetheless, Dimitri Johnston feels an affinity for China that is not shared by his wife. (She is not so taken with him either.) When he meets a young Chinese dancer, they become infatuated.