Zhou Xun 周逊

University of Essex, UK. Dikotter's research collaborator

Publication: Violence in Revolutionary China: 1949-1963, in The Cambridge World History of Violence, vol. 4 (2020)
Proof: Open the work ↗Link checked 2026-10-04
Zhenfan figure: 712,000 executed
Method: Her own archival research in Guizhou and Sichuan, set against the published official totals. Names her archives, which the primary source does not.
Affiliations and stated position: Collaborated with Frank Dikotter on the research behind the People's Trilogy, so her figures are not independent of his.
Criticism: None found by name.

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