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Cultural Revolution

2007-03-06 16:37:50.766067+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Fudge! There's a fantastic teaser in the Chronicle of Higher Education about Jingbei Hu, and his diaries as a young boy during the cultural revolution in China which says he's going to put those diaries online (hopefully in English translation), but I can't find 'em. At any rate, the article and small excerpts are worth a read:

January 27, 1971: "If we dedicate all our lives to the socialist revolution, letting the Communist Party and the People decide how we can make the most of our time, our futures are sure to be affluent. Thinking of this, how can I possibly feel blue?"

Especially in the context of the deciderer informing us that his job is to make the decisions.

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