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My Grandmother, the Maoist

One family's revolution – by Lusha Chen

A version of this piece originally appeared on the Wang Post

 

December 26th was the 120th birthday of Mao Zedong. After three decades of market-based reform and the gradual “opening up” helped by internet and technology, his popularity and relevance are fading in China. But I want to talk about one Maoist’s memory of the leader – my grandmother, who passed away four years ago.

In the 1950s, Grandma used to be in the highest echelons of the Chinese working class, but she grew up as the last generation of poor Chinese peasants’ daughters, who had bound feet and were married as children.

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Lusha Chen , Mon 17 February 2014 in

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