Nuclear Power Nuclear Game Quotes

“Zoe put her hand up mechanically and mouthed the words along with the crowd, but no sound came out. She was beyond tired, exhausted from eighteen straight hours at the building site. And after this marathon rally, she still had to finish her self-criticism and hand it in to the Special Case Group by nine o’clock tomorrow morning. Since the campaign to combat and prevent revisionism started, the Party had been busy rooting out traitors and spies. Zoe was labeled a prime suspect, accused of spying for the Russians and Helen Huang stealing materials from the field, and discharged from her position at the Testing Control Center.”
― Helen Huang, Nuclear Power Nuclear Game

“A group of soldiers escorted Zoe and two other new researchers on the difficult journey to one of the harshest places on earth. Uncomfortable in the coarse army uniform, she huddled in the corner of the truck, hands clenched in her lap. Her hair was cut short now, the preferred style for China’s revolutionaries, and the air that came in through the window felt cold on her bare neck.”
― Helen Huang, Nuclear Power Nuclear Game

“His voice jolted Zoe out of her memories. Eyes fixed on the elegant bridge that arced over the Golden Gate, she recalled Uncle Yuan’s words as they sailed into San Francisco Bay: “Old Gold Mountain will give you a bright future.” Chasing their destiny, Chinese had called San Francisco Old Gold Mountain since the 1840s gold rush. But Zoe knew she was different from the dreamers of a hundred years ago. “I’m seeking knowledge, modern science, and technology, not gold,” she told herself. After the horror of the Japanese occupations and the chaos of China’s civil war, she’d been so happy in San Francisco. But after reading her father’s letter, even the glorious March day, with the bay a sea of diamonds under the bright sun, couldn’t ease her distress. Gloom descended and her eyes filled with tears. What a beautiful city, but I must leave you.”
― Helen Huang, Nuclear Power Nuclear Game