花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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45 Years of Lei Feng

On this date in 1963, Mao Zedong launched the “Learn from Lei Feng” campaign. The most important lesson I’ve learned from Lei Feng is to look out for falling telephone poles, but maybe I’m not the target audience. Anyway, in case you missed it, Lei Feng was a young soldier in the PLA whose selfless devotion [...]

March 5th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Chinese History, Chinese politics, The Historical Record | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

The Historical Record for March 5: Zhou Enlai and Madame Chiang Kai-shek

Zhou Enlai (1898-1976)
Today is the birthday of Zhou Enlai, born in Hui’an in Jiangsu Province in 1898. Zhou’s grandfather was a minor official but like many scholar families in the late Qing, the Zhou clan had fallen on hard times, and despite many attempts, Zhou Enlai’s father failed to pass the imperial examinations. At the age [...]

March 5th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Chinese History, The Historical Record | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)