Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translators’ introduction 1
4. Author’s preface 13
5. Author’s introduction 15
6. 1 Returning to the People’s Road The New Regime’s Definition of Hostile Elements 23
7. 2 The Consequences of Concealing History How a Worker Cadre Came to be Classified as a “Bad Element” 53
8. 3 The Irremovable Hat The Later Years of a “Historical Counter-Revolutionary” 79
9. 4 The Price of “Reaction” The Emergence and Discovery of an “Active Counter-Revolutionary” 113
10. 5 The “Fall” of a Branch Secretary of the Communist Youth League How a Young Teacher Became a “Bad Element” 135
11. 6 Weighty Files What Happened When a Cultural Teacher Handed Over His Diary 156
12. 7 “Non-Political Detention” A Person Who “Went Through The Back Door” and Became a “Violator of Law and Order” 181
13. 8 The Curse of the “Overseas Connection” How a Former Technical Worker Became an “Active Counter-Revolutionary” 208
14. Chronology 237
15. Glossary 239
16. Notes 245
17. Index 275