[ENG🇬🇧] EP20 - Melody 🇨🇳🇨🇦 Born in Mao's China - Part 1

Born in Beijing in 1974, just two years before the death of Mao Zedong and the end of the Cultural Revolution, Melody belongs to a generation shaped by the great transformations of modern China.In this two-part episode of D’où viens-tu? - Where are you from?, we travel through family history, revolution, migration, and belonging. From her parents’ lives during war and communist China to her own childhood in Beijing, Melody reflects on growing up in a country undergoing profound political and social change.In the second part, Melody leaves China for Canada to pursue her studies. What was initially meant to be a temporary departure becomes a life abroad spanning more than twenty years. Between China, Canada, and eventually Berlin, we explore what migration does to identity over time: giving up a nationality, raising a child between cultures and passports, and navigating life between worlds.A conversation about history, transmission, migration, citizenship, and the question that runs through the entire podcast: what does it really mean to answer “Where are you from?”Created and hosted by Aurélie Lairedj Rapenne and Marilyne Griffon.