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This paper reviews the book "The Dog Meat General" , which is a biography of Chang Tsung-ch-ang, a brutal military commander in China during the 1800s. According to the paper, this biography of Chang was written by Lin Yu-Tang in the 1940's and offers a bizarre and almost light hearted examination of brutal murders and heavy taxation on the Chinese people as a consequence. The paper summarizes the main arguments presented in the article and discusses the impact of the biography.

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"Lin Yu-Tang presents an account of the brutal Chinese governor and army commander Chang Tsung-ch-ang, in his article titled `The Dog-Meat General'. The biography of Chang was written in the 1940s during a time when China was still in transition. The author presented this biography of Chang in his anthology titled `With Love and Iriony'. The biography is written in an almost light hearted tone and awe of the accomplishments that Change was able to achieve despite the brutal murders that occurred at his hands. This tone is most likely used because at the time that the biography was written China was still struggling for independence, and..."

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