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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
“Yes, I used to be a member of our school
team… I mean, when I was at university, my alma
mater, I was a member of the university team and
was the first important team member…”
“Do you feel proud that you were a basketball
player?” she asked.
“Yes, I think so. I’m a good basketball player.”
“That’s worthless. What’s good in being a good
basketball player?” She said. “You should make
progress in politics. I was told you are backwards in
politics. You never read newspapers, never read
Mao’s books, you are not a Party member and you
were not even a Communist Youth League Member.
When you were at university, you even didn’t apply
for the membership of the Communist Youth League.
You just buried yourself in books. Since you became
a teacher in the middle school, you have given
people the impression that you are not concerned
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