Topic: Niel Chang

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Trained Marxist
Episode 1253

1253: Trained Marxist

Niel Chang, Life and Death in Shanghai, Cultural Revolution

John C. Dvorak discusses rereading Niel Chang's novel Life and Death in Shanghai, which details the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The text explores the concept of struggle sessions and shaming tactics used to force submission. The book was previously popular in Hong Kong but allegedly suppressed in the United States.