Ep. 366 | The Guangxi Massacre

About this episode

This episode discusses the Guangxi Massacre during the Cultural Revolution, inspired by Andrew G. Walder's book on the topic.

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 Andrew G. Walder 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 and grotesque parts of this story. Hoowever, the books are all rather free with their descriptions of some of the atrocities committed. There's one excerpt I did include in the Patreon and CHP Premium audio. But I won't be including it in the regular CHP feed. This episode is particularly interesting because it involves a province other than the usual suspects along the coast. And it stars Wei Guoqing 韦国清, someone I'm guessing doesn't ring a bell. Let me know what you think. This was a painful episode to research and present. Suggested Reading : Zheng Yi, "Scarlet Memorial: Tales Of Cannibalism In Modern China https://a.co/d/89TkvH6 Andrew G. Walder, "Civil War in Guangxi: The Cultural…

People in this episode

Host: Laszlo Montgomery

Guest: Andrew G. Walder

Topics covered

• Cultural Revolution
• Guangxi Massacre
• atrocities
• Chinese history
• anthropology
• Wei Guoqing

Keywords

• Guangxi Massacre
• Cultural Revolution
• atrocities
• Wei Guoqing
• Andrew G. Walder
• Chinese history
• anthropology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Scarlet Memorial: Tales Of Cannibalism In Modern China, Civil War in Guangxi: The Cultural Revolution on China's Southern Periphery, Collective Killings in Rural China during the Cultural Revolution

Places: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

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