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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
people in the USA are living in an abyss of suffering.
They are suffering from hunger. They are suffering
from the cold. What’s more, they have no freedom or
democracy. Externally, they are aggressive with
other countries… It is guilty of monstrous crimes…”
“No,” I said, “the USA is a democratic country
with advanced science and technology. Its people
enjoy a full freedom and democracy. They live a
happy life. It is not aggressive against other countries
but actually helps them. For example, in the anti-
Japanese war, it helped China a lot. It dropped two
atomic bombs…”
“You shut up!” Big Wang shouted at me. She
was scared to shit. What I said was a completely
reactionary speech. If I made the speech in public, I
would be immediately thrown into prison. But Big
Wang’s friend consoled me, “Soapy, I know that you
praised the US unconsciously, but this kind of speech
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