News Analysis
Chinese state media has recently published numerous articles encouraging urban youth to “revitalize the countryside.” China experts believe that the Cultural Revolution has returned, although in a form that may not be immediately recognizable.
Amid China’s struggling economy and high unemployment, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is attempting to allure young people to rural areas with attractive—although deceptive—narratives. However, the CCP today no longer has the ability to force urban youths to go to the countryside, as it did back in the 1960s.
‘A Rainbow Village’
An article in state media China Youth Daily on April 4 claimed that a 26-year-old college graduate named Zhang Guifang became famous overnight when a video showing her unusual career path went viral on Chinese social media….