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1、TheLostGenerationinChinese.AftercontinuedpopularitysinceitspublicationinFrenchsixyearsago,TheLostGenerationbyMichelBonninwaspublishedinChineseearlierthisyearwiththeFrench-basedauthorandrenownedSinologistpromotinghisworkThursdayinBeijing.Bonnin'sbookisaboutChina'szhiqingor"educatedyou
2、th,"whowereorderedonDecember22,1968to"gotothecountrysidetoreceivere-educationbyfarmers,"byChairmanMaoZedong."Ihaveadifferentangle…I'manoutsider,soIcanbemoreobjective,"BonnintoldtheGlobalTimes."ThebookisaboutChina,soIwantedtopublishitinChinese…Itrytoexplainthemotiveofthemovementfromap
3、oliticalandideologicalpointofview."Bonninsaidthataccordingtogovernmentstatistics,from1968-1980,about17millionChineseurbaneducatedyouthweresenttoworkalongsidefarmersinChina'scountryside.TheLostGenerationdetailsthemass-movement'senduringimpactonanentiregeneration,theirlossofopportunity
4、offurthereducationandtheimpactontheirfamilies,societyandtheruralpopulation."GrowingupintheCulturalRevolution(1966-1976),thisgenerationwasveryidealistic,"Bonninexplained."TheyreceivedsocialisteducationandwerefaithfultotheCommunistmissionandMaoZedong,butwhentheyweresenttothecountryside
5、,theywereshockedbythepovertyofChina'sruralareas.Infact,mostChinesefarmershadtoworkveryhardjusttofeedthemselves.Theeducatedyouthwerenotneededorwelcomedbythefarmersandtheskillstheylearntatschoolwereuselessinthefield./Someofthemoncedreamedofbeingadoctororpianist,butnowtheydidn'tknowwhen
6、orhowtheycouldreturntothecitybecausetheyweretoldto'takerootinthecountryside'fromthebeginning.Besides,thefarmerswerenotasrevolutionaryastheyhadimagined.Alloftheiridealsanddreamswerelostandcrashedtotheground.WhilepeopleinthepasthaveattributedMao'szhiqingpolicytoalleviatingpressureonemp
7、loymentandpopulation,BonninexplainedthathebelievesitwassimplyduetoMao'sexertionofhis"charismaticpower.""Aftercarefulstudy,Ifoundtheeconomicanddemographicexplanationimpossiblebecauseaccordingtogovernmentstatistics,theyhavetotakeanequalamountoffarmerstoworkinciteswhilesendingmillionsof
8、educatedyout
