Author Mingmei Yip will read from her new novel Skeleton Women, a Chinese phrase for femmes fatales. The novel tells the story is about three women — Camilla, a nightclub singer who has been forced to become a spy, Shadow a magician who jumps naked off a tall building, and a gender-ambiguous gossip columnist. All must scheme in order to survive the gang wars in lawless 1930ies Shanghai
Dr. Yip will also discuss women spies in modern China – their skill, scheme, and fate. She will highlight two celebrity spies, Jin Bihui and Li Xianglan – the latter a popular singer, movie star and who later became a successful politician.
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