Why China’s Cultural Revolution Still Matters with Tania Branigan | Intelligence Squared
More than fifty years on, the scars of Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution still run through the heart of Chinese society, and through the souls of its citizens. Stationed in Beijing for the Guardian, Tania Branigan came to realise that this brutal and turbulent decade continues to propel and shape China to this day. Yet the official suppression of information about the state-sanctioned violence which took place and the personal trauma of those affected have conspired to create a national amnesia: it exists, for the most part, as an absence.
On Tuesday February 7, Branigan joined former BBC China editor Carrie Grace to explore the stories of those who are driven to confront this dark period in China’s history and why they fear its return. Drawing on her new book Red Memory, Branigan asks what happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you. What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over?
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Very insightful and knowledgeable. I hope general western public have more understanding about China from these discussions
She's a great speaker too.
This was excellent.
Fascinating
Very interesting. Thank you
the ego of the interviewer intrudes on conversation, OFTEN cutting off T..Branigan mid-sentence
Is there an audio podcast version of this?
@conorboyle5954
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Yes - type ‘intelligence squared podcast’ in any podcast app
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how stupid of people to be loyal to their country and its leader!!!!!
Ego of interviewer intruding on conversation, cutting off Tania Branigan mid-sentence??
Interview skills need work, interviewer chops off every communication this person says, annoying to hear. Let someone finish their sentence for heavens sake!
totally foreign talk. the greatest famines were made by British colonization, 160 million Indian died of hunger.
Why don't you talk about what the British empire was still doing in Africa during that period? 🤔
@d0lvl0
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The difference is: the British ended their empire, and so did all the other imperial powers during the post-ww2 period. The Chinese continue on with their crimes to this day to both oppress their own people and plot to build their own empire in east asia, with their explicit threats to annex and colonize Taiwan, like they did to the free people of Hong Kong
Literal robot's repeating the same mistakes. Smh