The
China Study Group will show the one-hour documentary, "They Chose
China," followed by a discussion. The film tells the story of the 23
American soldiers in the Korean War who were captured and became POWs in
Chinese prison camps. As the war ended the 23 declined repatriation to
the US and decided to live in China instead. Branded at the time in
the US as brainwashed turncoats, the group were actually motivated by
their belief in peace, justice and equality and felt they would be
persecuted during the McCarthy period back in the US. The film provides
a fascinating and revealing glimpse of a little known incident of Cold
War history.
China Study Group at the Center for Marxist Education
Thursday, March 14 at 7:00 pm
550 Mass. Ave, 2nd floor, Central Square, Cambridge
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