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Letters Reveal Life Under Maoist China in Hong Kong Letters
The Los Angeles Times reports on ten letters sent from Kweilin in Kwangsi by a former security policeman. The notes, covering six months to May, describe life during and after the Cultural Revolution, mass movement of students, and mass internal migration as cadres and “capitalist elements” are driven from cities to the countryside. The letters mix personal hardship with political pressure and a vow to endure despite upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 5S
Los Angeles Times
Hong Kong
China
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Poa Jireman
Kwangsi
Flang Kang
Chang
Wang
Chan
Yang
Communist Party