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licentiousness under mao

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"I forbid you to talk to Sunyun, or go to any dance party she invites you to. She’s only fifteen, but she already owns a digital watch. Her morals are definitely suspect... you must swear on Chairman Mao’s life  that you won’t speak to her again."

From Ma Jian’s very good Beijing Coma

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