GREAT BRITAIN: The Travels of Fu Tsun

As a young man of 21, Red China's Fu Tsun was a good enough pianist to win third prize in Warsaw's 1955 International Chopin Piano Competition. Belgium's Queen Mother Elisabeth invited him to play in her country. Recognizing a valuable cultural export, Red China granted Fu Tsun permission to study in Poland and to give 200 concerts in the satellite countries of Eastern Europe.

With him in Warsaw were two other Red Chinese pianists: a young man and a girl. The three soon had few secrets from each other. The two men spoke of their growing distaste for the way...

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