Chinese from all walks of life are mourning the death of Isabel Crook, the daughter of Canadian missionaries who joined the Chinese Communist Party, threw in her lot with Mao Zedong’s rural revolution and undertook groundbreaking anthropological work in remote China. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Carl Crook, Isabel’s son, about his mother’s life and legacy.
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