Preface — As the Northeast “Red Double” Fades out of Sight 7 CHAPTER 1 Tiexi: the Ruhr of China 13 1.The Ruhr: an Important Manufacturing Base in 20th Century Germany 13 2. Father and Son in Tiexi 16 3. A Forgotten Story from the Manchukuo 26 4. Tiexi: the Eldest Son of the PRC and the Task of Industrialization 37 5. Landmark of Tiexi: the ree Chimneys 43 CHAPTER 2 Dreams and Honors 50 1. The Female Model Worker of Hao Jianxiu’s Generation 50 2. The Various “Firsts” of the PRC 59 3. Traveling Up North and Down South for the Sake of Industrialization 63 4. Six Members of the Standing Committee of the CPC Center in Shenyang Aircra Factory 73 5. e Strength of Workers 81 6. A Family of Steel in the Age of Passion 91 CHAPTER 3 Paradise in New Workers’ Suburb 100 1.The Clock Was Ticking in China When Paradise Was Built 100 2. An Ideal Marriage in New Workers’ Suburb 106 3. A Young Girl’s Gaze Upon the Paradise 110 CHAPTER 4 Young Death of the Eldest Son Tiexi 116 1.The First Falling Camel in the Desert 116 2.The Sad Memories that One Cannot Bear to ink of 124 3. Escape from Fate 134 4.The Professor Who Worked in Ansteel 146 CHAPTER 5 The Fall of the Paradise 151 1.The Five Yin Girls and a Sunken Ship of a State-Owned Company 151 2. Nine Years of Romance and a Tragedy A er the Wedding 158 3.The Female Model Worker that Ran the Bookstand in Donghu Peddlers’ Market 168 CHAPTER 6 In Front of the Gate to Purgatory 177 1. Cursed for Life 177 2. Dreaming in the Tin Cottage in the Street 185 3. A Life Like in Ashes 194 4. Homeless When the Sun Sets 202 CHAPTER 7 e Twist of Fate 211 1.The Transform of Shenyang Transformer Works 211 2. Two Generations’ Struggle and the Reputation of Longfeng Mine 221 3. A Family of Port Workers 230 CHAPTER 8 Move the East and Transform the West 239 1. A Document Dra ed at the Risk of Life during the Time of SARS 239 2.The Merge of Tiexi and Zhangshi Development Zone 245 3. The Sale of the First Piece of Land in Old Tiexi 250 4. Past and Present of North 2nd Street 257 5. Museum of Foundry: a Historical Symbol of the Age of Steel 262 CHAPTER 9 The Tragedy of the Mining Capital 270 1. Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee in Tears in the Shantytown 270 2. A Diffcult Reality: the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty 273 3. Tragedy in the Mining Capital 278 4.The Woman that Married into Modi 281 5.The Bird of Sun Rising from the Ashes 289 CHAPTER 10 Love in the Broken Ridges and Steep Cli s 297 1. Mother’s Love and the Redemption in Endless Torture 297 2. Family’s Support in Most Difficult Times 305 3. Sisterly Love that Made the Golden Flowers Bloom 315 CHAPTER 11 Bounce Back in the East Wind 328 1.The History of the Department of Northeast China Industry and the Bureau of Northeast China 328 2. A Tailored Plan for Each Factory 334 3.The Rebuilding of the Model Workers’ Building in a Lost Paradise 340 4. Children of Laohutai Mine’s Resettlement in Newly-Built Apartments 349 5. Payment Slips of Fushun Coal Mining Group in the First Decade in the New Century 355 CHAPTER 12 The Bird of Sun Sings in Northeast China 361 1. Liaoning’s New Perspective Towards the Sea 361 2.The University-Educated Supervisory Worker’s House and Car 367 3. A Fight with Back to the Wall: Maglev and the Rebirth of Zhongjie 374