THE LOTUS REVOLUTION
KOENRAAD DE WOLF
November 3, 2017. On the eve of the official commemoration of the
centenary of the communist revolution, the British journalist Radko visits
Vietnam. The turmoil in the country is rising. Beside the contested
construction of a wastewater treatment plant next to the Thai Ha monastery, the
center of the resistance against the regime
in Hanoi, increases the Chinese threat on the
Vietnamese islands in the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea.
Radko
meets in Thai Ha Father
Phung and Le Quan, a leading
dissident. They’re confronted with the intruding Secret Service and the ambitious general
Dang Hung with his
golden dragon ring,
who wants to seize power. A clash
seems inevitable. Will
the peaceful protesters, who are distributing the new Vietnamese flag – a white lotus
on a yellow field
– succeed to march to Ba Dinh Square,
the historical center
of the country? And liberate
the country a few days
before the celebration of the
centenary of Communism?
Koenraad De Wol is a
Belgian historian and publicist who specializes in the history of Vietnam. He
has written historical fiction since 2014. For
more information, visit www.koenraaddewolf.be
