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How to Tell a Sensitive History: Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma

Titel der Veranstaltung How to Tell a Sensitive History: Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma
Veranstalter Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen
Referent/in Dr. Ning Zhang
Einrichtung Referent/in University of Oxford, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
Veranstaltungsart Vortrag
Kategorie Campus Leben
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Beschreibung Dr. Ning Zhang’s lecture presents her ongoing book project, a pioneering exploration of the experiences of Chinese volunteers who joined the Burmese Communist Party’s insurgency between 1968 and 1989. Most of these volunteers were former sent-down youths who, after China’s withdrawal in 1973, returned home to a society largely unaware of their sacrifices.

Although China’s involvement in the Burmese Civil War has long been an open secret, it remains officially unacknowledged. Drawing on sixty in-depth interviews and a rich archive of personal documents, Dr. Zhang’s research illuminates the human dimensions of “international communism” and its moral and emotional resonances.
Zeit Beginn: 12.11.2025, 18:15 Uhr
Ende: 12.11.2025 , 19:45 Uhr
Ort Verfügungsgebäude (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7)
VG 1.102
Kontakt Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS)
cemeas@uni-goettingen.de
Externer Link https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-how-to-tell...
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