Tag Archives: Cultural Revolution

Private argot in the public sphere

Posted on 2007-04-16 by Joel Martinsen

YWeekend (青年周末) comments on slang in subtitles. Wu Fei (吴非) writes about gang language and cultural revolution slang.

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Cultural Revolution reminders from Chinese bloggers

Posted on 2006-08-09 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today is August 8. For people superstitious about numbers, it’s a lucky day. But this day 40 years ago was the start of a disaster. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution formally started on this day. And lasted until October of 1976.

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Some photos from Woeser

Posted on 2006-08-03 by Joel Martinsen

Some translations and photographs from the recently closed blogs of Woeser (唯色).

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The “textbook problem” – Ye Yonglie on Cultural Revolution education

Posted on 2006-05-16 by Joel Martinsen

Chinese writer Ye Yonglie (叶永烈) on the Cultural Revolution (文化大革命).

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