The Rooftop Playground Without A Staircase

<p>Life had already fallen apart in China when my mother was born in 1948. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Sino-Japanese-War" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Japanese invasion</a>&nbsp;had ravaged the country for eight years in the midst of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese Civil War</a>&nbsp;that ended with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) taking control of the country in 1949.</p> <p>At one years old, my mother and all her countrymen were re-solidified as one people under Mao Zedong who declared the creation of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China (PRC).</p> <p>As the new nation entered a tumultuous period of state building, normalcy was contained in a three story apartment in a middle class neighborhood in Guangzhou.</p> <p><a href="https://lisalau110.medium.com/the-rooftop-playground-without-a-staircase-72a9975869e5"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>