Zheng Yi (which means justice) is one of China's foremost novelists and journalists. His works include Old Well, which was later made into an acclaimed film. A leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, he spent over three years as a fugitive from the Chinese government before escaping to Hong Kong. He now lives in the United States.

* Introduction * Searching Out the Criminal Evidence * Some Leftover Cases * Wherein Lies the Blame?: A Defense of a Nation Known for Its Benevolence * Scarlet Memorials All over China * Epilogue: A World in Equilibrium

This compelling book provides a meticulously documented account of officially sanctioned cannibalism in the southwestern province of Guangxi during the Cultural Revolution.