Wednesday 21 May 2025
6.30-7.30pm
Event Code: N9
Free, bookings required through Concord Library
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Linda Jaivin: Bombard the Headquarters!
Pulling back the bamboo curtain on the Cultural Revolution
An expert in Chinese politics looks back at China under Mao Zedong and birth of the Cultural Revolution.
With more than 40 years experience studying Chinese language, politics and culture, author and translator Linda Jaivin brings it all to work into her new book Bombard the Headquarters!. It’s a holistic profile of the Cultural Revolution that is both deftly precise and brilliantly concise.
Join Linda in this fascinating talk about one of the world’s most significant and lethal sociopolitical movements.