A Boy of ChinaForlagets omtale: the incredible story of the search for one of mao's lost children, set against the extraordinary backdrop of modern china. 'a son is very important in chinese society,' he had said. 'to lose one is careless. The ancestors would be angry.' intrigued by stories of a son given away by mao and his then wife during the long march, and mystified by the official' explanation of the boy's fate (whereabouts unknown no further information