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

school head masters), teachers from the landlord

family, Rightists (those teachers who said something

against the Party and Mao), White and Expert road

takers (experienced teachers), bad elements, active

counter-revolutionaries and historical counter-

revolutionaries all were the target of the dictatorship

team. They were thrown into the “cowshed”. In other

words, they were taken into custody and lost freedom.

The members of the dictatorship team were watching

them day and night. ‘Dictatorship team’ was a

terrible name. At the mention of it, people would

tremble.

The dictatorship team of our school was in an

independent, large house. Awful screams often came

from there. It was like a prison. When Dwarf took

me into the house, he said to the member of the

dictatorship team in the house that I would stay there

for the time being. Then he said,

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