If this is true then it most likely happened before the cultural revolution (although there were areas that has less centralized control where land reform and redistribution did not occur after the 1950s).
The same happened to my family (except with a theatre instead of a cinema). You know what my great grandparents did? They happily handed over their property because they saw that the CPC were actually working to help the country, especially the poorest of the poor. My great-grandfather didn’t even get to work in that theatre. He became a lowly teamster in his old age. Instead of resenting the CPC they continued on with their lives and helped the poor whenever they could, oftentimes with CPC community organizations. They sent their only son hundreds of km away to study agriculture because that seemed like what the country needed most at the time. To be fair my great-grandparents had the privilege of being educated enough to understand what the CPC was trying to achieve.
If this is true then it most likely happened before the cultural revolution (although there were areas that has less centralized control where land reform and redistribution did not occur after the 1950s).
The same happened to my family (except with a theatre instead of a cinema). You know what my great grandparents did? They happily handed over their property because they saw that the CPC were actually working to help the country, especially the poorest of the poor. My great-grandfather didn’t even get to work in that theatre. He became a lowly teamster in his old age. Instead of resenting the CPC they continued on with their lives and helped the poor whenever they could, oftentimes with CPC community organizations. They sent their only son hundreds of km away to study agriculture because that seemed like what the country needed most at the time. To be fair my great-grandparents had the privilege of being educated enough to understand what the CPC was trying to achieve.
That’s a great story, thanks for sharing.