1.4 – The Timber’s Already A Boat

Texture and Artefact
Texture and Artefact
1.4 - The Timber's Already A Boat
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Espionage, purging, cultural revolution, matchmaking, heavy machinery, wild childhood, tragedy and rebirth along the banks of The Yangtze, 1940s-1988.

    Glossary

guanxi = social network of mutually beneficial personal and business relationships
liumang = an indecent person or hooligan, think early 20th century “sex maniac”
zou zi pai = “capitalist roader” – a Maoist term of abuse for the petite bourgeoisie

Ezhou, Wuxue, Huangmei, Huanggang = cities in Eastern Hubei, China.

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