Some readers of my earlier post "Chongqing Nostalgia. Where Is It?" asked for more stories about Chongqing. Here are two detailed pieces I wrote that appeared elsewhere last week:
Chongqing Dispatch - China Beat
Gingko Fever in Chongqing - Atlantic / Fallows
i would love to hear the stories of the now-elderly ex-red guards, reflecting upon their youth. would love to see a filmed documentary ...
ReplyDeleteam not sure if it could be distributed, even today .. but i believe it could be done so as to have great healing power ...
i love the faces of the old people i encounter everyday, my language skills are too weak to do this project, but somebody shoule
Here is one I wrote a few years ago: Mao's Red Guards 40 Years Later.
ReplyDeleteAnother piece on this topic is forthcoming in an anthology, which will be published next year.