What is it about?
We draw on our own feelings of exile in the Covid-19 pandemic to explore the experiences of Indonesian and Filipino Communists were trapped in China in the 1970s. Political upheaval back home left these Communist travelers trapped in China as China was going through immense changes. The different stories we uncover help us understand our current situation better.
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Why is it important?
This article is an exploration of the sense of exile and what it means for us today. It provides a view from the past on the events of today.
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I think readers will appreciate the theme of exile and how it is explored in this article. The article opens simply, "There is an abruptness to exile."
Dr Joseph Scalice
Hong Kong Baptist University
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This page is a summary of: Reinvented Revolutionaries: Indonesian and Filipino Communist Exiles in China, Diplomatic History, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/dh/dhab024.
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