“Before the counter-culture revolutionary Li Lian was executed in 1971 for criticising the Cultural Revolution, pour policemen pushed her face against the window of a truck, lifted her shirt and cut out her kidneys with a surgical knife,’ Mau Sen said, his face stony and white. ‘I think that removing the organs of convicts while they are still alive is too much. It completely contravenes medical ethics.’ ‘This is a dissection class, not a political meeting,’ Sun Chunlin said.” ThinkingSaidStillsFacesPoliticalCultureWhiteClassSunToo MuchCuttingAliveRevolutionEthicsWindowMeetingsMedicalRevolutionaryShirtsKnivesOrgansTruckPolicemenKidneysConvictsDissectionCounter Culture Author:Ma Jian
“The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life” CharacterRevolutionChineseLiteralElimination Book:Beijing Coma: A Novel Source: Beijing Coma: A Novel