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Author_Claire Anne Chik
Author_Liyi He
autobiographical account rural China
Bai ethnic minority
bamboo
Bamboo Basket
basket
Biggest Pig
Bosom Friends
Brigade Leader
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China's Son
Chinese Communist Party
Claire Anne Chik
county
County's Middle School
Cultural Revolution impact
Dali Town
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Fourth Brigade
Handmade Shoes
He Liyi
head
Household Sideline Productions
jianchuan
Jianchuan County
Junior Middle School
Labor Reform Farm
Land Reform Movement
normal
peasant survival strategies
political persecution China
production
reeducation through labor
rural Chinese history
team
Team Head
Top Secret
village
Village Production Team
Willow Tree
Work Point Recorder
Work Points
Young Apple Tree
Young Man
Young Pine Trees
yunnan
Yunnan Normal University
Product details
- ISBN 9780367319397
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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He Liyi belongs to one of China's minorities, the Bai, and he lives in a remote area of northwestern Yunnan Province. In 1979, his wife sold her fattest pig to buy him a shortwave radio. He spent every spare moment listening to the BBC and VOA in order to improve the English he had learned at college between 1950 and 1953. For "further practice," h
He Liyi's previous book is The Spring of Butterflies, a translation of Chinese folk tales. Claire Anne Chik is currently teaching English as a Second Language at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has taught English at Kumming Institute of Technology and Yunnan University from 1983 to 1986. He Liyi's previous book is The Spring of Butterflies, a translation of Chinese folk tales. Claire Anne Chik is currently teaching English as a Second Language at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has taught English at Kumming Institute of Technology and Yunnan University from 1983 to 1986.
