Chancellor Yu Lizhong Journeys to Heilongjiang, and Retraces the Past

Fifty years ago, 19-year-old Yu Lizhong embarked on a journey of over 2,500 kilometers to work on the Changshuihe farming commune in Heilongjiang Province. In summer 2019, Yu and three dozen of his fellow “sent down youth” travelled from Shanghai to Heilongjiang to revisit the place where they spent a decade of their lives. Here is the story of that journey.