Zhai Zhenhua (, born 1951) is a Chinese autobiographical writer known for her memoir Red Flower of China, which detailed her teenage participation in Mao's Cultural Revolution.
Life Zhai Zhenhua joined the Red Guard and as a fifteen-year-old participated in the violence of the Cultural Revolution. She was later herself purged, but rehabilitated after working on the land and in a factory.
She eventually emigrated to Canada, where she wrote her autobiography.
Works Red Flower of China, New York: Soho, 1993.
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