re-education
As I was channel surfing last night, I came across this brilliant film called, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress--highly recommended. Two teenagers from educated, middle-class families were sent to a rural countryside to practice Chairman Mao's creeds. Re-education means burning books, despising knowledge and becoming farmers--tough manual work shall let you forget the evilness of thoughts. Chinese mountain scenery is truly beautiful, but what left an impression on me was the idea that how a book can change a person's life, and that there's always an alternative method to handle authority. Go see, go see. By the way, does anyone know which dialect they are speaking?