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BEIJING — Chinese readers of Ezra F. Vogel’s sprawling biography of China’s reformist leader Deng Xiaoping may have missed a few details that appeared in the original English edition.BEIJING — Chinese readers of Ezra F. Vogel’s sprawling biography of China’s reformist leader Deng Xiaoping may have missed a few details that appeared in the original English edition.
A cover of the version sold in the U.S. (left) and the version sold in China. The cover sold in Taiwan also has a different look.A cover of the version sold in the U.S. (left) and the version sold in China. The cover sold in Taiwan also has a different look.
In the end, editors made a few predictable deletions: a reference to the Tiananmen Square crackdown, a passage in which the artist Ai Weiwei criticizes the city’s leaders, and a title change that sought to cast the book as a nostalgic love letter (“See You Again, Old Beijing”). In the end, editors made a few predictable deletions — including a reference to the Tiananmen Square crackdown and a passage in which the artist Ai Weiwei criticizes the city’s leaders — and a title change that sought to cast the book as a nostalgic love letter (“See You Again, Old Beijing”).
For Mr. Meyer, the most amusing changes involved two text messages sent to him by a New York architect who was attending a municipal planning session in a large coastal city.For Mr. Meyer, the most amusing changes involved two text messages sent to him by a New York architect who was attending a municipal planning session in a large coastal city.
The first described the presence of a young woman, who was hanging on the arm of a middle-aged man with a comb-over and loudly sucking on a lollipop. The second message announced that the man was the mayor and the woman was his mistress.The first described the presence of a young woman, who was hanging on the arm of a middle-aged man with a comb-over and loudly sucking on a lollipop. The second message announced that the man was the mayor and the woman was his mistress.
The passages were removed.The passages were removed.

Patrick Zuo and Amy Qin contributed research.

Patrick Zuo and Amy Qin contributed research.