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'I would have jumped off a roof for Mao': how Li Cunxin danced to freedom by Judith Mackrell

Forced into ballet as a child in Mao's China, Li Cunxin defected to the US and had to work as a stockbroker to support his family back home. But he never quit dancing. As he brings the Queensland Ballet to Britain, he talks about his traumas and triumphs " and shock at seeing people take their privileged lives for grantedLi Cunxin was just 11 when Chinese officials came to his home in rural Shandong and told him he'd…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM on July 30, 2015

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