Finding China S Lost Generation
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Finding China S Lost Generation
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Author : John Israel
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-05-05
Finding China S Lost Generation written by John Israel and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-05 with History categories.
In December 1968 Mao Zedong proclaimed that China’s educated urban youth should move to the countryside to be reeducated by the poor and lower middle peasants. Some seventeen million who responded to his call spent the better part of a decade laboring in remote and impoverished regions. Returning to the cities in the late 1970s, undereducated, unemployed, and manifestly unprepared to contribute to China’s post-Maoist future, the rusticated youth were dubbed the “Lost Generation”. How then, could China transform itself into an economic and military behemoth without the support of an entire generation of educated men and women? A close look at a group of young Beijingers suggests that at least some of the rusticated millions reentered urban life with assets that enabled them to play a creative role. “The Beijing Fifty-five” were atypical insofar as they had volunteered to carve rubber plantations out of a tropical wilderness on China’s southwest border a year before the wave of involuntary recruits. However, their struggle to survive cultural, political, and physical challenges was typical. Drawing from the spoken and written testimony of the Fifty-five, this book shows in dramatic detail how “The Lost Generation” survived the tribulations of the Mao years to help build today’s China.
A Generation Lost
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Author : Zi-ping Luo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
A Generation Lost written by Zi-ping Luo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with China categories.
The Lost Generation
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Author : Michel Bonnin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Lost Generation written by Michel Bonnin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with China categories.
The Lost Generation is a vital component to an understanding of Maoism. The book provides a comprehensive account of the critical movement during which seventeen million young "educated" city dwellers were supposed to transform themselves into peasants, potentially for life. Bonnin closely examines the Chinese leadership's motivations and the methods that it used over time to implement its objectives, as well as the day-to-day lives of those young people in the countryside, their difficulties, their doubts, their resistance, and, ultimately, their revolt. The author draws on a rich and diverse array of sources, concluding with a comprehensive assessment of the movement that shaped an entire generation, including a majority of today's cultural, economic, and political elite.
The Identity Of Zhiqing
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Author : Weiyi Wu
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-02
The Identity Of Zhiqing written by Weiyi Wu and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-02 with History categories.
Outside China, little is known about the process and implications of the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside (UMDC) Movement, a Chinese state policy from 1967 to 1979 in which more than 16 million secondary school-leavers in different cities were relocated to rural areas. The Movement shaped the lives of these young people and assigned them a shared group identity: Zhiqing, or the Educated Youth. This book provides new research on Zhiqing, who were born and brought up after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China and regarded as a lost generation during the Cultural Revolution. Presenting a remembrance of their tortuous life trajectories, the book investigates their distinctive identity and self-identification. Unlike earlier historical approaches, it does this from a social psychological perspective. It is also unique in its use of first-hand materials, as individuals’ memories and reflections collected by in-depth interviews are compiled and presented as Zhiqing’s self-portrait. This innovative research offers an informative and profound induction of the topic and also contributes to the development of contemporary Chinese studies by laying the foundation for a specialized Zhiqing study. Combining rich empirical research with a strong theoretical perspective, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Chinese history, sociology, anthropology and politics.
China S Last Noble Race
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Author : Pao Chin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-09-30
China S Last Noble Race written by Pao Chin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-30 with categories.
A personal journey of surviving the brutality of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy craft. Espionage has been a part of human history for centuries. In the 21st century, it has evolved to extend into the general population with a long-game strategy. Communist spy craft has become more ingenious, using tactics such as sexpionage, money, coercion, and media propaganda. Their modern cold war aims to gain control of average citizens and influence the future of individuals and their families, This starts with targeting influential people and spreading their influence with pyramid-scheme-like methods. The tale of modern geishas, the seven mountain mandate, and its process are all part of an invisible cold war raging against democracy. The new cultural revolution is gaining momentum across the continent, its influence is becoming more widespread and it is here to stay.
Red Shadows Volume 12
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Author : Patricia M. Thornton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-23
Red Shadows Volume 12 written by Patricia M. Thornton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with History categories.
China's convulsive Cultural Revolution was conceived in 1966 as a 'great revolution that would touch the people to their very souls'. How are we to assess its impact fifty years on? In this volume, leading social and political scientists, historians and anthropologists examine the long-lasting consequences of the political, social, economic and cultural upheaval unleashed by Mao Zedong. Contributions from authors working within and outside the People's Republic of China consider the impact of this tumultuous mass movement from perspectives as diverse as market-based economic reform, clothing and fashion, the grassroots movements of late 1960s across the globe and the so-called 'lost generation' of sent-down youth. We find that collective and personal memories of the Cultural Revolution and its enduring institutional and social legacies continue to exert a profound effect on China and the Chinese people today.
The Found Generation
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Author : Marilyn A. Levine
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2016-06-01
The Found Generation written by Marilyn A. Levine and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-01 with Social Science categories.
In contrast to the Lost Generation of youth in the West, who were disoriented and disillusioned by the First World War and its aftermath, the Chinese youth born between 1895 and 1905 not only believed they had a duty to “save” their nation but pursued their goal through social and political experimentation. The vigorous purpose and optimism of this Found Generation contrasted with the apathy and detachment of their Western counterparts, who followed a different path in coming to terms with the new world of the twentieth century. Just after the First World War, sixteen hundred Chinese young men and women traveled to Europe, most of them to France, as members of the Work-Study Movement. Their goal was to study Western technology and culture and utilize this knowledge to achieve “national salvation,” and they planned to finance their study at European schools by factory work. While in Europe, many of these students became politicized, partly through their exposure to European political ideas such as Marxism, and partly through the social network based on shared experience that transcended what would have separated them in China. One important result of this political activity was the formation of the European Branches of the Chinese Communist ORganizations (ECCO). The Found Generation explores the origins, development, and significance of the ECCO, highlights the differences between it and the Communist home organization, and describes its impact on the Chinese Communist Party. The founders of the ECCO shared values and goals with their compatriots in China, but their experiences and opportunities in Europe molded them in different ways that can be traced in their later careers. On their return to China, many of the young activists--including Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, Cai Hesen, Li Lisan, Zhu De, Nie Rongzhen, and Wang Ruofei--quickly assumed powerful positions in Chinese politics, and their influence is still felt today. Levine’s examination of the early experiences of this important cohort of Chinese leaders helps explain their adherence to the Leninist concept of Party discipline and their tenacious hold over central governmental power. The Found Generation is a pioneering study based on original sources (including interviews with several prominent participants in the Work-Study Movement and the ECCO), Chinese studies and memoirs, and Chinese and French periodicals. It provides otherwise unavailable information and analysis about the political leadership of modern China and, by pointing out the differences between the Chinese radicals in Europe in China, it furthers our understanding of the conflicts, motivations, and values of modern Chinese leaders.
Body Of Knowledge
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Author : Heidi Lloyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08
Body Of Knowledge written by Heidi Lloyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08 with categories.
Body of Knowledge is a daughter's story of discovering her true paternity that resulted partly from her mother's traumatic uprooting from a well-established German colonial family in China following World War II and the unfolding Communist Revolution.This loving portrayal of a family's life journey touches the lives of its readers, whose own family histories have suffered loss, grief, and gratitude. Experiencing the Trendel, Marschall, and Marsh families' multigenerational challenges during the first half of the twentieth century reminds us of the resiliency in humankind, and also how the love and support of families--and of communities--is the source for life's greatest rewards.In these pages, Lloyd has given us a vivid glimpse of China as it passed through its last imperial days and its subjugation to foreign conquest and commerce-the era of her ancestors. We experience China's unstoppable and violent move toward national sovereignty at the cost of thousands of lives and family destruction-the era of her mother. Through these stories we are given the gift of connection across continents, generations, hardships, and triumphs. The book's tribute to family lineage reminds us to remember, honor, and be thankful for our own.
Wish Lanterns
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Author : Alec Ash
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2016-06-02
Wish Lanterns written by Alec Ash and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-02 with Travel categories.
As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. This is the generation that will change China. The youth, over 320 million of them in their teens and twenties, more than the population of the USA. Born after Mao, with no memory of Tiananmen, they are destined to transform both their nation and the world. These millennials, offspring of the one-child policy, face fierce competition to succeed. Pressure starts young, and their road isn't easy. Their stories are also like those of young people all over the world: moving out of home, starting a career, falling in love. Wish Lanterns follows the lives of six young Chinese. Dahai is a military child and netizen; 'Fred' is a daughter of the Party. Lucifer is an aspiring superstar; Snail a country migrant addicted to online games. Xiaoxiao is a hipster from the freezing north; Mia a rebel from Xinjiang in the far west. Alec Ash, a writer in Beijing of the same generation, has given us a vivid, gripping account of young China as it comes of age. Through individual stories, Wish Lanterns shows with empathy and insight the challenges and dreams that will define China's future global impact.
Zhiqing
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Author : Kang Xuepei Kang
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2014-11-10
Zhiqing written by Kang Xuepei Kang and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-10 with Literary Collections categories.
Zhiqing: Stories from China’s Special Generation presents the recollections of fourteen men and women who were “sent down” to the countryside during China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). Teenagers or young adults at the time, the authors left school to heed Mao’s call for China’s “educated youth” (zhiqing) to go to the poorest provinces and distant borders, where they worked with the local people in villages or on military farms and construction teams. From the Great Northern Wilderness to Hainan Island, their true-to-life stories illustrate the harsh realities of rural existence and Cultural Revolution politics while focusing on personal joys and miseries. While not meant as a political statement, these stories serve as a powerful testimony to the experience of an entire Chinese generation. “It was my distinct pleasure to have served as in-house editor of Kang Xuepei’s In the Countryside, which was initially her masters of arts thesis at SHSU. It was hard to imagine the horrors that these Chinese youth had to go through during that period of Mao’s experiment in social engineering and more amazing to realize that most of them came through it all without intense bitterness toward those who thrust them into such perilous and uncomfortable circumstances. In this book you will find a sampling of the experiences of zhiqing from many perspectives written in strikingly fine prose.”—Paul Ruffin, director, Texas Review Press