Cultural Revolution and a Starving Population (a failed egg custard)

Author: Skyler In ninth grade I remember finding Chinese history confusing and dull. A mess of difficult pronunciations and dynasty names*, one which we did little more than glance over in class. That changed, however, when I happened to read Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang, a short memoir that documents a young girl’s childhood and adolescence in Cultural Revolution-era…