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


                       “What do you want me to do for the second step?”


                       “Make speeches at  the political  meetings. My



               friends told me that you never make speeches at the


               meetings. You know that it is a very important way



               to show whether a person  is progressive or not. If


               you positively make speeches at the meetings, you’ll



               be regarded as a progressive teacher.”


                       To win her heart, I was determined to continue to



               cheat. If had cheated people into thinking that I had



               said goodbye to my English books, then I could cheat


               them by mouthing beautiful words. China was full of


               hypocrisy, cheat, sin, persecution and violence… If



               the  people  of the country are cheating, then why



               can’t I? I decided to learn how to chant the praise of


               the Party and Chairman Mao at meetings. But I really



               didn’t know how to chant. I was slow of tongue and


               clumsy of speech. Also I never read the newspaper



               and never listened to speeches attentively when they





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