The Workers
GOENAWAN MOHAMAD
Goenawan Mohamad
November 3, 2020
IN this particular Chinese village, capitalism was marked by two pigs that were exploded.
It was the mid 1960s. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) was on the move—in accordance with Mao’s decree—to “cut the tail of capitalism down to the countryside.” The ‘Cultural Revolution’ was spreading. Party cadres were sent into the countryside to motivate the farmers.
I read about this turbulent tim
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