MCLC: China urged to confront its own history (1)

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China urged to confront its own history (1)
In 1990 Fang Lizhi wrote “The Chinese Amnesia” (translated by Perry Link). It was relevant then; it is more relevant now.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1990/sep/27/the-chinese-amnesia/
“… once each decade, the true face of history is thoroughly erased from the memory of Chinese society. This is the objective of the Chinese Communist policy of “Forgetting History.” In an effort to coerce all of society into a continuing forgetfulness, the policy requires that any detail of history that is not in the interests of the Chinese Communists cannot be expressed in any speech, book, document, or other medium.”
Joe Alvaro <jjalvaro-c at my.cityu.edu.hk>
by denton.2 at osu.edu on April 4, 2015
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