TY - BOOK AU - Sirin Phathanothai. AU - Peck,James TI - The dragon's pearl: growing up among Mao's reclusive circle SN - 9781416522287 AV - CT1548.S476 U1 - 951.05092 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Pocket KW - Sirin Phathanothai. KW - Women KW - China KW - Biography KW - National liberation movements KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 1949- N1 - Originally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 1994; Includes index N2 - At the age of 8, Sirin Phathanothai's life changed dramatically. She and her brother were sent to be brought up in Beijing under the direct auspices of Premier Zhou Enlai as he wards. This is a personal story of a life lived in the highest court of China during the Great Leap Forward ER -