# William H. Hinton

> William Howard Hinton was an American intellectual, known for his work on communism in China. He authored the book Fanshen, published in 1966, a "documentary of revolution" which chronicled the land reform program of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 1940s in Zhangzhuangcun, sometimes translated as Long Bow Village, a village in Shanxi Province in northern China. Sequels (Shenfan) followed the experience of the village during the 1950s and Cultural Revolution. Hinton wrote and lectured extensively to explain the Maoist approach and later to criticize Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening up.

*American writer (1919–2004)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1919-02-02
- **Died:** 2004-05-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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