Unlike North Korea, however, people in China had a chance at upwards mobility- by betraying their friends and family and casting off their heritage and renouncing their former ways of life (specifically, the "four olds"). She is descended from landlords, which makes her family a "black family," kind of similar to the low songbun of descendants of political traitors and undesirables in North Korea. RED SCARF GIRL is a memoir of the Cultural Revolution in China. You can track this project by checking out this shelf I made, where I'm chronicling my experiences. That's because I recently found a whole bunch of my old books in my garage and I'm rereading all of them to see which ones I want to keep and which ones should go. If you follow me on Goodreads, you've probably noticed me reading an influx of older books lately. Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || Pinterest I strongly believe that a better understanding around the world is the bases of world peace." She says, "If there is one goal I’d like to achieve in my life it is to bridge the gap between China and the western countries. Besides writing, she devotes her time to various cultural exchange programs organizing groups to study alternative medicine in China bringing Chinese art troupes to perform in the States sending students to summer camps in China to understand the Chinese culture, etc. Today, Ji-li lives in the San Francisco area. To reach so many children with her own story has been very meaningful to Ms. Red Scarf Girl won an ALA 1998 Best Book for Young Adults award, ALA Notable Book award, was cited by Publishers Weekly 1997 as one of the Best Nonfiction Books for Children, as well as a Parenting magazine Magic Awards-1997 Most Wonderful Children’s Books. Ji-li’s first book, Red Scarf Girl fulfilled a long cherished wish to tell her story about what happened to her, her family, her neighborhood, and to her school during the 1960’s Cultural Revolution in China. In 1992, she co-founded East West Exchange, Inc, a company created to promote and facilitate cultural and business exchanges between China and the western countries. Coming from Shanghai, China in 1984, where she used to be a school science teacher, author Ji-li Jiang studied in Hawaii then worked as a corporate Operations Analyst and Budgeting Director for several years.
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