"It is impossible to understand China without understanding this decade of horror, and the ways in which it scarred the entire nation. So why do some of that era’s children still look back on it with fondness?" by Tania Branigan. #China #MaoZedong #CulturalRevolution #modernhistory #history #Communism #rustication #hardship #XiJinping #longread

A tragedy pushed to the shadows: the truth about China’s Cultural Revolution | China | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/19/tragedy-pushed-to-the-shadows-truth-about-china-cultural-revolution