Wang, Jinping
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Down to the Countryside Movement Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-1411
MS-1411
Date(s):
1969 to 1995
Content Description
The collection contains letters, photographs, diary pages, cerificates, ephemera, a painting and a woodcut print and newspapers from 10 individuals documenting the large scale relocation and reeducation program directed at Chinese youth known as the 'down to the countryside' movement. Between 1968 and 1978, an estimated 17 million young people between the ages of 15 and 23 were relocated from their homes and families in China's urban centers to remote villages and border regions to work....