Living in Mao’s China

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_1256
dc.contributor.author	Hooper Beverly
dc.title	Living in Mao’s China. The European Experience 1949-1969
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	During the Mao era a small number of Europeans lived in the PRC – most of them for two or three years, a few for the whole period. This article focuses on those who, unlike diplomats and a handful of foreign correspondents, worked or studied in Chinese institutions: ‘foreign comrades’ (both long-term residents and sojourners), ‘foreign experts’ and students. The article shows how the everyday lives of these Europeans were strongly influenced both by Mao era’s ‘politics in command’ environment and by PRC policies that utilised them for political and pragmatic purposes while at the same time marginalising them from everyday Chinese life. It also illustrates the divisive impact of Maoist politics on each group. The Cultural Revolution brought a temporary halt to both the foreign expert and student presences in China, as well as being a traumatic period for the foreign comrades.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sinica venetiana
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2018-05-03
dc.dateAccepted	2017-07-17
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-04-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-221-5/living-in-maos-china/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-220-8/003
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9654
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9042
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-221-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-220-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	China
dc.subject	China
dc.subject	European residents
dc.subject	European residents
dc.subject	European students
dc.subject	European students
dc.subject	Foreign experts
dc.subject	Foreign experts
dc.subject	Mao era
dc.subject	Mao era

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Living in Mao’s China

The European Experience 1949-1969

Beverly Hooper The University of Sheffield, UK

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During the Mao era a small number of Europeans lived in the PRC – most of them for two or three years, a few for the whole period. This article focuses on those who, unlike diplomats and a handful of foreign correspondents, worked or studied in Chinese institutions: ‘foreign comrades’ (both long-term residents and sojourners), ‘foreign experts’ and students. The article shows how the everyday lives of these Europeans were strongly influenced both by Mao era’s ‘politics in command’ environment and by PRC policies that utilised them for political and pragmatic purposes while at the same time marginalising them from everyday Chinese life. It also illustrates the divisive impact of Maoist politics on each group. The Cultural Revolution brought a temporary halt to both the foreign expert and student presences in China, as well as being a traumatic period for the foreign comrades.

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May 3, 2018

Accepted

July 17, 2017

Submitted

April 3, 2017

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978-88-6969-221-5

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978-88-6969-220-8

Keywords: Foreign experts • European students • Mao era • China • European residents

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