Wednesday 23 November 2016

Professor Frank Dikötter Discovers New Insights into the Cultural Revolution and Modern China

Chair Professor of Humanities Frank Dikötter in an interview with the Bulletin discusses his latest book The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History 1962-1976, in which he has drawn on archival work on the period of the Cultural Revolution to pull the roots of modern China into the light.

“The punchline is, the people are as usual far ahead of their own government. The people are the true architects of economic reforms, not Deng Xiaoping.”

See the full article on Bulletin October 2016 (Vol. 18 No. 1) here:
http://www4.hku.hk/pubunit/Bulletin/ebook_2016Oct(18.1)/#25-26



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