This book is the memoir of Chinese economist's Yang Xiaokai. It tells the stories of more than two dozen characters he met while imprisoned in Changsha during the Cultural Revolution. Published in 1994, it was reprinted in 1997 and 2016. The English version is titled *Captive Spirits: Prisoners of the Cultural Revolution*, published by Stanford University Press in 1997.
When the Cultural Revolution broke out, Yang Xiaokai was a senior high school student at No. 1 Middle School in Changsha. On January 12, 1968, he published an article entitled "Where is China Going?" which systematically put forward the ideas of the "ultra-leftist" Red Guards, criticized the privileged bureaucratic class in China, and advocated for the establishment of a Chinese People's Commune based on the principles of the Paris Commune. Yang Xiaokai recalled that his parents were beaten because they sympathized with Liu Shaoqi's and Peng Dehuai's views, and that he was discriminated against at school and could not join the Red Guards. As a result, he joined the rebel faction to oppose the theory of descent. Yang Xiaokai was later sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for this article. Yang Xiaokai died in 2004. This article is a retrospective of his life.
How many people were "killed," "imprisoned," and "controlled" in the whole "anti-revolution" campaign? Mao Zedong later said that 700,000 people were killed, 1.2 million were imprisoned, and 1.2 million were put under control. Mao's statement was naturally based on a report made in January 1954 by Xu Zirong, deputy minister of public security. Xu reported at the time that since the anti-revolution campaign, the country had arrested more than 262,000, of which "more than 712,000 counter-revolutionaries were killed, more than 12,900,000 were imprisoned, and 1,200,000 were put under control, and more than 380,000 were released through education because their crimes were not considered serious after their arrest." (3) Taking the figure of 712,000 executed, it already amounts to one and two-fourths thousandths of one percent of the country's 500 million people at that time. This figure is obviously much higher than the one-thousandth of a percent level originally envisioned by Mao Zedong.
The occupation of the Northeast was key to the CCP's success in seizing power in 1949. The author of this book, Yang Kuisong, is a professor and doctoral director of the Department of History at East China Normal University, and a researcher at the Institute of Modern History at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. This book describes the CCP's taking of the Northeast as well as the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union at that time. After reading it, you will understand: how the Soviet Union played a key role in the CCP's occupation of the Northeast.
<i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i> is a children’s book in the <i>Sheep Village</i> series. This book describes the incident in 2020 where twelve Hong Kong youths fled the city by boat but were intercepted by Chinese authorities and found guilty in Mainland Chinese courts.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> Series Children’s Picture Books
The <i>Sheep Village</i> series is a group of six children's books published by the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists. The six books are titled <i>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i>, <i>Voting Day in Sheep Village</i>, <i>Sheep Village Daily</i>, and <i>The Architects of Sheep Village</i>.
<i/>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, and <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i> were published in Hong Kong between 2020 and 2021, while the other three were not formally published and were mainly distributed on the Internet.
On July 22, 2021, the national security unit of the Hong Kong Police arrested five board members of the Hong Kong General Union of Speech Therapists, including its president Lai Man Ling and its external vice president Yeung Yat Yee Melody, as well as the union's three other board members, Ng Hau Yi Sydney, Chan Yuen Sum Samuel, and Fong Tsz Ho, on the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications. The five defendants were denied bail and remanded in custody for nearly a year before trial. On September 10, 2022, Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentenced the five defendants to 19 months in prison.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> case was the first case involving the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997.
<i>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i> is a children’s book in the <i>Sheep Village</i> series. This book outlines Hong Kong’s 2019 social movement and the relationship between Hong Kong and Mainland China by describing Hong Kong as a sheep village and Mainland China as a wolf village.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> Series Children’s Picture Books
The <i>Sheep Village</i> series is a group of six children's books published by the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists. The six books are titled <i>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i>, <i>Voting Day in Sheep Village</i>, <i>Sheep Village Daily</i>, and <i>The Architects of Sheep Village</i>.
<i/>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, and <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i> were published in Hong Kong between 2020 and 2021, while the other three were not formally published and were mainly distributed on the Internet.
On July 22, 2021, the national security unit of the Hong Kong Police arrested five board members of the Hong Kong General Union of Speech Therapists, including its president Lai Man Ling and its external vice president Yeung Yat Yee Melody, as well as the union's three other board members, Ng Hau Yi Sydney, Chan Yuen Sum Samuel, and Fong Tsz Ho, on the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications. The five defendants were denied bail and remanded in custody for nearly a year before trial. On September 10, 2022, Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentenced the five defendants to 19 months in prison.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> case was the first case involving the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997.
<i>The Architects of Sheep Village</i> is a children’s book in the <i>Sheep Village</i> series. This book describes the building of civil society in Hong Kong and the authorities’ crackdown on Hong Kong’s civil society after the 2019 social movement.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> Series Children’s Picture Books
The <i>Sheep Village</i> series is a group of six children's books published by the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists. The six books are titled <i>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i>, <i>Voting Day in Sheep Village</i>, <i>Sheep Village Daily</i>, and <i>The Architects of Sheep Village</i>.
<i/>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, and <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i> were published in Hong Kong between 2020 and 2021, while the other three were not formally published and were mainly distributed on the Internet.
On July 22, 2021, the national security unit of the Hong Kong Police arrested five board members of the Hong Kong General Union of Speech Therapists, including its president Lai Man Ling and its external vice president Yeung Yat Yee Melody, as well as the union's three other board members, Ng Hau Yi Sydney, Chan Yuen Sum Samuel, and Fong Tsz Ho, on the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications. The five defendants were denied bail and remanded in custody for nearly a year before trial. On September 10, 2022, Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentenced the five defendants to 19 months in prison.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> case was the first case involving the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997.
<i>Voting Day in Sheep Village</i> is a children’s book in the <i>Sheep Village</i> series. This book outlines Hong Kong’s pro-democracy primaries in 2020 and the subsequent jailing of the primaries’ organizers.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> Series Children’s Picture Books
The <i>Sheep Village</i> series is a group of six children's books published by the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists. The six books are titled <i>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i>, <i>Voting Day in Sheep Village</i>, <i>Sheep Village Daily</i>, and <i>The Architects of Sheep Village</i>.
<i/>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, and <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i> were published in Hong Kong between 2020 and 2021, while the other three were not formally published and were mainly distributed on the Internet.
On July 22, 2021, the national security unit of the Hong Kong Police arrested five board members of the Hong Kong General Union of Speech Therapists, including its president Lai Man Ling and its external vice president Yeung Yat Yee Melody, as well as the union's three other board members, Ng Hau Yi Sydney, Chan Yuen Sum Samuel, and Fong Tsz Ho, on the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications. The five defendants were denied bail and remanded in custody for nearly a year before trial. On September 10, 2022, Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentenced the five defendants to 19 months in prison.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> case was the first case involving the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997.
<i>Sheep Village Daily</i> is a children’s book in the <i>Sheep Village</i> series. This book describes the loss of press freedom in Hong Kong and the forced shutdown of Hong Kong’s <i>Apple Daily</i>.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> Series Children’s Picture Books
The <i>Sheep Village</i> series is a group of six children's books published by the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists. The six books are titled <i>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i>, <i>Voting Day in Sheep Village</i>, <i>Sheep Village Daily</i>, and <i>The Architects of Sheep Village</i>.
<i/>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, and <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i> were published in Hong Kong between 2020 and 2021, while the other three were not formally published and were mainly distributed on the Internet.
On July 22, 2021, the national security unit of the Hong Kong Police arrested five board members of the Hong Kong General Union of Speech Therapists, including its president Lai Man Ling and its external vice president Yeung Yat Yee Melody, as well as the union's three other board members, Ng Hau Yi Sydney, Chan Yuen Sum Samuel, and Fong Tsz Ho, on the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications. The five defendants were denied bail and remanded in custody for nearly a year before trial. On September 10, 2022, Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentenced the five defendants to 19 months in prison.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> case was the first case involving the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997.
<i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i> is a children’s book in the <i>Sheep Village</i> series. This book outlines the tension between Hong Kong’s healthcare workers and the Hong Kong government at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> Series Children’s Picture Books
The <i>Sheep Village</i> series is a group of six children's books published by the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists. The six books are titled <i>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i>, <i>Voting Day in Sheep Village</i>, <i>Sheep Village Daily</i>, and <i>The Architects of Sheep Village</i>.
<i/>The Guardians of Sheep Village</i>, <i>The Twelve Warriors of Sheep Village</i>, and <i>The Street Cleaners of Sheep Village</i> were published in Hong Kong between 2020 and 2021, while the other three were not formally published and were mainly distributed on the Internet.
On July 22, 2021, the national security unit of the Hong Kong Police arrested five board members of the Hong Kong General Union of Speech Therapists, including its president Lai Man Ling and its external vice president Yeung Yat Yee Melody, as well as the union's three other board members, Ng Hau Yi Sydney, Chan Yuen Sum Samuel, and Fong Tsz Ho, on the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications. The five defendants were denied bail and remanded in custody for nearly a year before trial. On September 10, 2022, Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentenced the five defendants to 19 months in prison.
The <i>Sheep Village</i> case was the first case involving the charge of conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997.