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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
Categories would be eliminated while the ninth
category would be denounced from time to time.
People would draw a demarcation line with them. No
girl was foolish to such a degree so as to marry a
Stinking Old Ninth who was only one step away
from the class enemy. Of all Stinking Old Ninths, the
teachers of middle school were especially looked
down upon!
Girls were very careful to choose their fiancés.
Their first choices were PLA (People’s Liberation
Army) officers. Each PLA man was regarded as
Mao’s most loyal follower. Mao considered the PLA
to be his lifeblood. He said once, “The power flows
from the barrel of a gun, but the Party must control
the gun.” So he would pay special attention to them.
He not only gave PLA men the highest social
position, but also the most preferential material
treatment. Take a small company commander who
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