李敦白 (hi.baidu.com)
posted by drummerboy on August 26, 2011 | 2 comments
Great piece written by Sidney Rittenberg back in 1967 when he was rubbing elbows with 毛泽东， 周恩来， and 朱德. Fascinating look through a westerner's eyes about what he thought and experienced back then.
Thanks for sharing this. I believe Sidney Rittenberg is still alive as well -- especially given his ideological views on all this it would be interesting to hear what he thinks (assuming he still does) about the developments in China over the past twenty years or so. A betrayal of principles or fulfillment of promise?
I was curious too, so went hunting online and found two interesting pieces. The first is some commentary from 2009 when Rittenberg apparently spoke at the Yale Club in Beijing:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/10/sidney-rittenberg.htmlAlso an article which touches on 1989, with comparisons to the cultural revolution:http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.culture.china/2005-11/msg00603.htmlInteresting stuff.