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William H. Hinton

American writer (1919-2004) · United States · Journalists · Died at 85

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William Howard Hinton was an American intellectual, known for his work on communism in China.

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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.

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United States
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Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1919 to 2004 · aged 85

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