Lao She was very good at depicting ordinary people, small guys who struggled to live. And his love for the city can be even seen in those characters. In his famous novel “Rickshaw Boy”, Xiangzi, the rickshaw puller from the countryside, insisted on taking Beiping as his only friend. Lao She decided to leave Britain in 1929, heading home via a brief stint teaching in Singapore. He took up a series of positions at different universities, simultaneously writing and publishing several works, notably his magnum opus, Rickshaw Boy. With the advent of WW2, Lao She was galvanized into political action.
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