He Shu (June 1948-) is a historian of the Cultural Revolution. Born in Chongqing, He Shu graduated from junior high school in 1964 and was unable to enter high school because his father was labeled a Rightist. He was recruited to build roads during the Sichuan Petroleum Battle (a CCP campaign to discover oil fields) in 1965, and then worked in a steel factory in the outskirts of Chongqing in 1972. In 1981, he worked for Chongqing People's Broadcasting Station as an editor of the literature and history program, and then transferred to the Party History Research Office of the CCP Chongqing Municipal Committee in 1989, where he participated in the founding of the Hong Yan Chun Qiu (Annals of the Red Crag) Magazine where he served as deputy editor-in-chief and deputy copy editor. He Shu has been dedicated to research on the Cultural Revolution since his retirement. In 2008, together with Wu Di (Qi Zhi), a professor at the Beijing Film Academy, he founded Remembrance, an electronic periodical for research on the history of the Cultural Revolution; in 2011, He Shu withdrew from Remembrance, and launched Yesterday, an electronic periodical for research on the Cultural Revolution.
He Shu has conducted in-depth research on the history of the Cultural Revolution, especially Chongqing during the Cultural Revolution, and has published several books on Chinese history, especially the history of the Cultural Revolution, as well as more than a hundred articles.
He Shu has conducted in-depth research on the history of the Cultural Revolution, especially Chongqing during the Cultural Revolution, and has published several books on Chinese history, especially the history of the Cultural Revolution, as well as more than a hundred articles.
