Sidney Rittenberg

Revisiting China Under Mao

In an interview with The New York Times’ Ian Johnson, sociologist Andrew G. Walder,...

Sidney Rittenberg: An American in Mao’s China

90-year-old Sidney Rittenberg’s life story is one beyond compare. Not only did the South Carolina native witness first-hand the totality of Mao’s career as China’s supreme ruler, but he also played an active...

How China has Changed: Sidney Rittenberg on China

The Economist interviews Sidney Rittenberg, Mao’s translator. Via Oliver Kronos at the Shanghaiist: The Economist has posted an interview with “Mao’s translator,” Sidney Rittenberg (李敦白). Arriving in...

An American Who Lived the History of Mao’s Rise and Fall – Christian Science Monitor

From Christian Science Monitor: “I never meant to stay in China…. I never even meant to go to China.” The contradiction defines Sidney Rittenberg‘s life and world. Mr. Rittenberg knows China’s epic Communist revolution intimately, not as a witness, but a participant – often on the wrong side of history. Not many people can still […]

A Long March From Maoism to Microsoft

From the New York Times: “In one sense, Sidney Rittenberg can be viewed as just another international business consultant scrambling to cash in on the China boom. He certainly appears to fit the mold, driving an expensive late-model BMW and serving as an adviser to a long list of companies that have included Microsoft ,Intel […]

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