A Thousand Points of Remorse.

Our man in Beijing-and in Fuzhou-has sent his first dispatch. A former Red Guard apologized to his teacher who he beat during the Cultural Revolution. The apology received prominent play on state media. Apology. This wonderful phenomenon began, to my knowledge, a few years ago. Dr. Youqin Wang first made me aware of it and she wrote about it. My friend and former Red Guard Zhou Jineng tearfully apologized in Red Art and Songie her own self made a general apology. What makes this so compelling is that the Cultural Revolution is a verboten subject in the PRC. They are apologizing from the heart.