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  Xinran 23 June 2004  
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On her new book, Sky Burial

During the 1990s, Xinran,the radio presenter became an icon for women in China. She told their life-stories on the radio and then brought them together in a best-selling book The Good Women of China. 

She joins Jenni to talk about her latest book which tells the story of one Chinese woman who spent thirty years searching for her husband in Tibet.

Sky Burial by Xinran,  is available from Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0701176229  from 1 July 2004

BBC News:  China - country profile


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