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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)

“I have Whitewashed two ladies successfully.

When I Whitewashed the third one, I failed. Actually,

some women like to be Whitewashed. You have to

observe their expression. I misunderstood the third

lady. So I got into trouble. Otherwise I would by no

means be caught red handed.” I didn’t know why he

told me the secret. Perhaps he wanted to share his

experience with me.

It was the time when the Great Cultural

Revolution was on the rise There was no

entertainment at all. The only theatrical

entertainment was the eight Model Operas planned

and engineered by Jiang Qing, the wife of Mao

Zedong. They were the legend of the Red Lantern,

Shajia Village, Taking Tiger Mountain, Raid on the

White Tiger Regiment, Praise of Dragon River, On

the Dock, and White-Haired Girl. They were

considered “revolutionary” and modern in terms of

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