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Rightist Memoir XXVI: Final Cultural Revolution Shockwaves

Posted on 04/21/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Kong Linping in his memoir tells the story of a murderous terraced paddy field and road construction project that killed many of the slave laborers in his labor camp. Chongqing author Kong Lingping’s rightist memoir describes twenty-two years in Chinese … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir XXVII: Political Prisoners “Searching for the Light” at the Close of The Cultural Revolution

Posted on 02/20/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Here is another passage from the long (920 pages in Chinese) memoir Bloody Chronicles from long-time (22 years) rightist slave labor camp prisoner Kong Lingping 孔令平. In 2010 Kong’s Hong Kong publisher sent me copies of his books. By that … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir “Blood Chronicles” : Cultural Revolution’s End

Posted on 11/25/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This chapter treats some of the Cultural Revolution years (mid 60s to mid 70s) at the Yanyuan reform through labor prison farm for political prisoners. Chongqing author Kong Lingping’s rightist memoir describes twenty-two years in Chinese prison camps and subsequent … Continue reading →

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