Mao's children in the new China : voices from the Red Guard generation / Yarong Jiang and David Ashley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In this inspiring collection of interviews with former Red Guards, members of the first generation to be born under Chairman Mao talk frankly about the dramatic changes that have occurred in China over the last two decades. In discussing the impact these changes have had on their own lives, the former revolutionaries give a direct insight into how they view both the past and the present, revealing an attitude perhaps more contradictory and critical than that of most western commentators." "These poignant memoirs tell the very personal stories of how people from all walks of life were affected by Mao's Cultural Revolution and Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms. They cover topics as diverse as politics, party leadership, nationalism, marriage and divorce, the privatization of industry, family relationships, education and the stock market. Mao's Children in the New China is essential reading for all those interested in learning more about modern China."--BOOK JACKET.

The interviewees -- Lu Xin, female: novelist -- Wu Shanren, male: private businessman -- Wang Chen, male: cadre in charge of a ferry company, and Wu Qing, male, his friend: private businessman -- Jie Qian, male: director in a securities company -- Wang Xiaozhi, male: deputy manager for a western company -- Yang Yinzi, male: factory technician -- Wan Jinli, male: general manager of a government-sponsored project -- Zhu Xueqin, male: college professor -- Chou Linlin, female: former head of a factory clinic -- Li Xiqiang, male: unemployed, and working on a book -- Chen Jianxin, male: college professor -- Yang Yuan, male: college administrator, and Song Ming, male, his friend: purchasing agent for an industrial plant -- Gao Yunhua, female: unemployed worker -- Hong Yongsheng, male: historian -- Zhang Aixiang, female: small business owner -- Lin Yuling, male: publishing editor -- Dai Buqing, male: unemployed worker -- Xu Xinhua, male: high-school principal -- Cao Zhenshan, male: foreign trade coordinator -- Cai Jinzhi, male: general manager of a state farm factory -- Lin Juan, female: editor of a woman's magazine -- Chai Beihua, male: manager of a printing shop -- Xu Yaoming, male: manager of a herbal medicine trading company -- Song Xu, male: lawyer -- Wang Xiaoying, female: member of the Shanghai Writers' Association.