Ep. 366 | The Guangxi Massacre

Ep. 366 | The Guangxi Massacre

Published on Jun 12
58:44
The China History Podcast
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<div class="flex-1 grid content-start grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2"> <div class="col-span-1 md:col-span-2 mt-2 p-2" data-controller= "expandable-content" data-content-max-height="200"> <div class="relative z-0" data-expandable-content-target="content"> <div class="prose max-w-none text-sm h-full" data-expandable-content-target="toggle" data-collapsed= "line-clamp-6 overflow-hidden text-ellipsis" data-expanded="h-full" data-controller="new-tab-link"> <div class="trix-content"> <div>This is a rather long episode, running at just about one hour. The Guangxi Massacre is one of those dark chapters from the Cultural Revolution. Down in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, it was particularly dark. I was listening to Stanford Professor of Anthropology <strong>Andrew G. Walder</strong> on the New Books Network discussing his 2023 book covering this topic. That gave me the initial inspiration. Dr. Walder's book and a few others are very disturbing to read. I didn't dwell on some of the more gory...