China In Context
China In Context is a weekly podcast providing expert analysis on politics, culture and international relations, featuring voices from the SOAS China Institute, University of London. The podcast is hosted by Duncan Bartlett.
China In Context
Remembering the dark periods of China’s history
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SOAS China Institute
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Season 3
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Episode 134
China’s Communist Party has a particular way in which it wants its story to be told. However, some people challenge its interpretation of history. They’re keen that dark periods of China’s recent past - such as the Cultural Revolution - are not erased from memory. Some counter-historians are prepared to take great risks in the face of state-censorship. In this podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson shares what he has learned from China’s underground story-tellers in conversation with regular host, Duncan Bartlett.