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Local Author to Discuss Her Memories of Growing Up in China During the Cultural Revolution
A Story Chaos, Persecution and Survival During China's Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976 From a Woman Who Lived Through it
Local Author to Discuss Her Memories of Growing Up in China
During the Tumultuous Years of the Cultural Revolution
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April 1, 2016 - Jian Ping will relate her experiences during her family's struggles to survive the chaos and persecution of China's Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. Her story, which was detailed in her book Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China, was adapted into an award winning documentary film that appeared on Public Television stations.
The event will be held:
Sunday, April 10, 2016
2:00 pm
Stevenson Center on Democracy
25200 N. St. Mary's Rd.
Mettawa (Libertyville), IL
Admission - $15
Free for Students who Pre-register at
info@stevensoncenterondemocracy.org
Jian's father was a high-ranking government official in the rural northeast of the country and her mother was an administrator of a local middle school. Each was imprisoned by members of the Revolution Committee and the Red Guards. She and her extended family struggled to stay together and stay alive and she ultimately came to the United States in the 1980's to do graduate studies.
The documentary film, also called Mulberry Child, includes the story of how Jian took her American-raised, free-spirited daughter Lisa back to visit China. It was her attempt to bridge the disconnect between mother and daughter and to come to terms with the haunting impacts of the past.
In addition to her speaking and writing projects Jian is an adjunct professor at De Paul University in Chicago where she teaches about the lives of today's Chinese women.
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