Secretary Wang’s American Friend: William Hinton and the Long History of ‘Fanshen’

The road to Long Bow used to be much longer. When American agronomist and author of Fanshen (1966), William Hinton, made the journey to this seemingly unremarkable village in the autumn of 1947, he spent weeks navigating the North China Plain. Travelling at the height of the Chinese Civil War, he traversed territories held by […] The post Secretary Wang’s American Friend: William Hinton and the Long History of ‘Fanshen’ appeared first on Made in China Journal.

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