Penulis: Michel Bonnin

Michel Bonnin, author of the Foreword, is Professor Emeritus of the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris, France, and the founding director of China Perspectives magazine. He is the author of the celebrated book on the zhiqing program, The Lost Generation: The Rustication of China”s Educated Youth (1962-1980), published in four editions: French (2004), Chinese: Hong Kong and Beijing, and English (Hong Kong: 2013). This book is widely recognized as the most thorough and authoritative historical study of the zhiqing program.