Looking back at its own history is not popular in China, notes author Zhang Lijia on her website. She welcomes the apologies of a growing number of former Red Guards who committed violence during the Cultural Revolution. Soul-searching is needed to avoid another Cultural Revolution, she argues.Read More →
The troublesome period of China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) has been eradicated from the country’s official history, and many youngsters who not know what happened in that decade. Until recently an 80-year old man from Zhejiang had to face court for a murder in 1967. Time to deal with the ghosts of the Cultural Revolution, writes author Zhang Lijia in the South China Morning Post.Read More →
Critics, including Fang Zhouzi, have taken apart the book Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds by the US CEO Fu Ping. Her ‘rags to rich’ story contained too many unbelievable stories. Fellow author Zhang Lijia went through the book, and on her weblog she sides with the critics. “Too many holes to make it believable.”Read More →
The US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999 started to change the life of rock musician Kaiser Kuo, then part of the famous band Tang-dynasty. In “Americans in China” he explains how he became an American in Beijing, and spokesperson of the country’s search engine Baidu.Read More →
On Thursday 31 May the Beijing-based author Zhang Lijia will answer questions on political reform in China in an upcoming Hangout-on-air. Are we seeing merely window-dressing, or are there real options for change. Basis will be her opt-in in the New York Times, where she sounds rather pessimistic.Read More →
Ruling Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned a few months ago the country needs real political reforms to avoid another Cultural Revolution. Is China’s upcoming leadership ready for that tasks? Author and celebrity Zhang Lijia writes in the New York Times she has her doubts.Read More →
Li Lili The name Li Lili might not be a household name for a Western audience, but – explains Shaun Rein in Forbes – for the Chinese she is a mixture of Julie Roberts and Angelina Jolie. Shaun Rein: “Along with Ruan Lingyu and Butterfly Wu, she ruled China’s boxRead More →