Word: antirightist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though ungrammatical, the better verb could well be, as Zhang's title implies, "to die." Each period of chaos, from the antirightist movement of the '50s to the Great Cultural Revolution of the '60s and '70s, required that the Chinese get used to living as though they were dead. Recalling tenures at labor camps, Zhang's schizophrenic main character says, "Death became second nature to him, but he lacked the strength or tenacity to die. It was at times like this that I had to help...
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