Word: kaoliang
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Once enrolled, there is no getting out. If the student is a stubborn case, there is a process called indoctrination through labor, which means he is put to work in a gang, on repairing Peking's city walls or digging sewers. Food is rationed at 20 ounces of kaoliang (millet) and one ounce of peanut oil a day, topped with occasional boiled potatoes and cabbage and about two ounces of meat a week. Students follow a 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. routine, broken only by two half-hour rest periods...