Had a coworker ask me about the cultural revolution because I know things, particularly pertaining to China and Chinese history, but the cultural revolution is a blindspot for me, so I couldn't really answer.

I missed the opportunity to educate, and every moment since then has been agony. Please help me amend this.

Thanks in advance, comrades.

  • RedQuestionAsker2 [he/him, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Thanks. I'm currently in China and had a great conversation about it with my local coworker.

    She echoed the line that you put out. However, when I pressed her about who writes these stories, she did concede that all of the views come from the intelligentsia and the rural people are often overlooked. She still holds that the aims of the CR were not pure, though.

    It's really great to have these conversations that are wildly different than anything in the West.

    You're lucky you could listen to Gao lectures. Must have been really interesting.