Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 27 & 28 Summary

Pearl: Pearl and the rest of the crew take an airplane to Canton where the festival is to be held. Dun carries everyone's travel papers with him, as they plan to escape soon after Tao heads on stage to receive his award as a promising new artist - they all fear he would suspect something if they didn't show up for the ceremony. The audience at the festival is international, and the organizer introduces many artists to the guests, encouraging them to invest in Red China and its art. Then, he announces the special exhibition of Tao, Z.G.'s protégé's, work. There are five easels of painting reveled one-by-one to the applauding crowd. Joy watches with shocked interest when the final painting is revealed, and it is her own? "That's...