Bookseller Ao Benli, seen at the Hong Kong Book Fair, has spent the past five years running a publishing company devoted to the subject of the Cultural Revolution. Photo: Edward Wong
Bookseller Ao Benli, seen at the Hong Kong Book Fair, has spent the past five years running a publishing company devoted to the subject of the Cultural Revolution. Photo: Edward Wong

He’s 65, lives in China, and in 5 years he’s published 16 books on Cultural Revolution

Ao Benli decided he wanted the truth to get out about one of communist China’s most turbulent decades while those who experienced it were still alive. He says he isn’t worried he’ll be targeted like five other Hong Kong booksellers

Bookseller Ao Benli, seen at the Hong Kong Book Fair, has spent the past five years running a publishing company devoted to the subject of the Cultural Revolution. Photo: Edward Wong
Bookseller Ao Benli, seen at the Hong Kong Book Fair, has spent the past five years running a publishing company devoted to the subject of the Cultural Revolution. Photo: Edward Wong
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