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5/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution Hardcover – May 9, 2023 by Tania Branigan (Author)

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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5/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution Hardcover – May 9, 2023 by Tania Branigan (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957

Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over?


1968 Cultural Revolution


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0:01.2

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0:42.5

Continuing with Tonya Bronnigan, her new book is Red Memory.

0:47.1

The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution.

0:50.2

Tonya is reporting for the Guardian over many years of great years,

0:54.0

between the time of Huzhen Tao and his premiership,

0:58.3

his General Secretary ship in the first decade of the 21st century.

1:03.1

And Xi Jinping of the second decade and now the third decade,

1:07.8

both Xi Jinping and one rival that grew up at the same time as Xi Jinping,

1:14.4

Bo Shi Lai, are victims of the Red Guard and were part of the Red Guard at the same time.

1:22.0

Born between, I'm going to guess 1946, the end of the Second War

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