Finding China's Lost Generation

The book covers the lives of a group of Beijing middle and high school students who, in the middle of China’s Cultural Revolution, volunteered to help transform Yunnan’s triple-canopy rain tropical rain forests into rubber plantations. It concludes with an account of their contribution to China’s

John Israel is well known for his writings on students and higher education in Twentieth Century China. Professor Israel conducted research in Taiwan and Hong Kong (1959-1962, 1973) and in the People­­­'s Republic of China since 1980. Following normalization of US-China diplomatic relations, he became the first post-1949 American resident professor in Kunming. Over the past four decades, he has lived and studied in China - particularly in Yunnan province - for extensive periods. John in emeritus professor of history at University of Virginia