One Turbulent Year – China
1975
13 April 2014 by CRTV
cover One
Turbulent Year
Grown up in
Europe, Peter Peverelli witnesses the final, and very turbulent, year of the
Cultural Revolution. He is the first and last Dutch student in China to work in
a rural commune and in a department store as part of the curriculum. When Prime
Minister Zhou Enlai dies, he personally offers his condolences to Zhou’s widow.
But he is also forced to flee his dormitory during the destructive earthquake
of July 1976.
Peter’s
diary allows us to learn how his experience affected the world outlook of young
Western students. They were opinionated and critical, as reflected in the
language of the book, but also tried to make sense of China with an open mind.
They had to rely heavily on one another to find their way in a culture
completely alien to them.
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