Sunday, September 21, 2008

Xie Bingying

Xie Bingying was a Chinese soldier and writer born in .

Xie was one of the first female soldiers in modern history, and participated in the . Her literary reputation started with her military diaries. She was arrested in Japan for resistance activities in 1935. In 1948 she moved to Taiwan to escape the coming communist rule. In 1974 she emigrated to the United States.

Main works


*''Girl Rebel: the autobiography of Hsieh Pingying, with extracts from her new war diaries '', Da Capo Press, New York, 1940
*''Autobiography of a Chinese Girl: a genuine autobiography '', G. Allen & Unwin, London, 1943

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