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Documenting the bits of history that the Party doesn't want you to know about

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Nov 13, 2023 • 35min

Battling the official narrative – China's 'underground historians'

Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer, discusses the underground historians in China who document suppressed aspects of history. They interview survivors from Communist labour camps and keep memoirs of the Cultural Revolution. The podcast explores the significance of history in the Chinese Communist Party's rule, the concept of heroism in Chinese culture, censorship paradox, and challenges faced by underground historians.