Three Body Problem Chapter 1

Setting: China 1967, Cultural Revolution

Synopsis
A 15 year old girl sacrifices herself and is shot dead.

Physics professor Ye Zhetai is beaten to death by Red Guards for teaching 'reactionary' theories.

Ye Wenjie, an astrophysics student, witnesses her father's death and out of remorse goes to her close friend Professor Ruan Wen. But Ruan had also suffered during the Cultural Revolution and appeared lifeless from the torture she received.

Terms

 * Red Union