Red Scarf Girl Book Report

The book, “Red Scarf Girl” takes place in Shanghai, China. The time period in which the story takes place in is the cultural revolution. The book takes place between 1966 and early 1980’s. This book was published in 1997, the year that Hong Kong gains independence. China also resumed the control of Hong Kong. However, the book was most likely written in 1990’s.
The time period that the book takes place in was during the cultural revolution. The cultural revolution that took place in China from 1966 until 1976. Chairman Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese communists started the cultural revolution so that he can regain his position in the government. This revolution was a campaign to eliminate the communist party of its opponents and to implant profound values in the younger generations. Many people were …show more content…
She wrote this memoir about her experiences of the Cultural Revolution as a young girl. Ji-Li Jiang was a science teacher in China before she came to the United States. She came to the US in 1984 when she was 30 years old. In 1992, she co-founded the East West Exchange in which helps businesses exchange with China and other countries from the US. Ji-Li Jiang did this until 2003 when she decided that she would want to start her own nonprofit organization. This organization would continue and expand the cultural exchange that she strongly believed in. Currently, Ji-Li Jiang is living in San Francisco. She was motivated to write this story about her life because for more than 20 years she told her story to others about surviving the cultural revolution. Ji-Li finally decided that she would put her story on paper for everyone to read about her experiences. After writing the book, she was invited to speak at several schools and conferences. The book has won multiple awards and is read by thousands of people. She also dedicates her time to cultural exchanges programs that people can get involved