XI IS THE RED GUARD PLUS TIKTOK: 3/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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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?
1966 Cultural Revolution
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| 0:39.3 | Memory, The After Lives of China's Cultural Revolution. |
| 0:43.0 | Tanya Braun again, and we go to a moment, August of 1966, |
| 0:48.6 | red August, it's called, and the memories of a 13- old many decades later in her 60s and 70s |
| 0:57.0 | about how she got caught up in events that she could not understand and still is haunted, cursed by the memories of what she saw between |
| 1:07.5 | August of 66 and her birthday, December 26, 1966. |
| 1:13.7 | Her name is Yu Ching Chang. |
| 1:16.7 | Tanya, you was 13 years old, and she's remembering now |
| 1:20.3 | these many decades later. |
| 1:22.7 | She was part of the rally. |
| 1:24.3 | I believe the date is 3 a.m. |
| 1:27.1 | August 18th we were called to Tiananmen Square. |
| 1:30.0 | Why? |
| 1:30.9 | What happened that moment? |
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