World History and National Identity in China
Subtitle: From the Late Qing to The 1980s
Publisher: University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781108842600
Subjects: Political science
Description: "On November 7, 1955, at a faculty meeting of the Department of History at Southwest Teacher's College, Sun Peiliang, chairperson of the department, suddenly stood up and shouted, "I, as chair of the department, order Wang Xingyun out!" Wu Mi, director of a newly minted academic structure, the teaching and research unit of ancient world history (jiaoyanshi), immediately followed: "I, as director of the jiaoyanshi, order Wang Xingyun out!" Two weeks later, the secretary of the jiaoyanshi Sun Furu, asked if Wu Mi had something else to say in closing another faculty meeting. The latter replied, "I just want to kill Wang Xingyun"--