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Gan Cui: The Soul of Peking University-From Lin Zhao to the 1989 Democracy Movement

An undying spirit of resistance

This book was originally published in the series *Micro Traces of the Past* - Documentary Volume - No. 6, edited by Huang Heqing, founded in 2007. Gan Cui, a student at Renmin University of China, was classified as a rightist in 1957. He became lovers with Lin Zhao, a rightist student who came from Peking University to work in the data room. Gan Cui was later sent to Xinjiang. When he returned, he learned that Lin Zhao had been killed. This book, 140,000 characters in total, is a manuscript of Gan Cui's memories of Lin Zhao in the context of the 1989 pro-democracy movement.
Title
Gan Cui: The Soul of Peking University-From Lin Zhao to the 1989 Democracy Movement
Description
This book was originally published in the series *Micro Traces of the Past* - Documentary Volume - No. 6, edited by Huang Heqing, founded in 2007. Gan Cui, a student at Renmin University of China, was classified as a rightist in 1957. He became lovers with Lin Zhao, a rightist student who came from Peking University to work in the data room. Gan Cui was later sent to Xinjiang. When he returned, he learned that Lin Zhao had been killed. This book, 140,000 characters in total, is a manuscript of Gan Cui's memories of Lin Zhao in the context of the 1989 pro-democracy movement.
Release Date
2009
Format
Book
Era
Maoist Era (1949-1978)
The Cultural Revolution Period (1966-1976)
Reform Era (1978-2012)
The Anti-Rightist Campaign Period (1957-1958)
Creator
Gan Cui
Themes
The Cultural Revolution

Women and Feminism

Intellectuals

Freedom of Speech and Press

1989 Tiananmen Protests and Suppression

The Anti-Rightist Campaign

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