All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, in- cluding photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright © 1996 by Zheng Yi Published in 1996 in the United States of America by Westview Press, Inc., 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301-2877, and in the United Kingdom by Westview Press, 12 Hid's Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ A Member of the Perseus Books Group Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cheng, I, 1947- [Hung se chi nien pei. English] Scarlet memorial: tales of cannibalism in modern China / Zheng I; translated and edited by T. P. Sym; with a foreword by Ross Terrill. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-8133-2615-X (hc). -- ISBN 0-8133-2616-8 (pb) 1. Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region--Politics and government. 2. China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969. I. Sym, T. P. II. Title. DS793.K6C4413 1996 951.05'6--dc20 96-33948 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Stan- dard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 -iv- |