Chinese Communist Party - A Century in Ten Lives

A mosaic of lives and voices illustrating the history of the Chinese Communist Party over the last hundred years.

List of contents

Introduction. Telling the story of the Chinese Communist Party; 1. 1920s: a Dutchman's fantasy: Henricus Sneevliet's united front for the Chinese Communist Party Tony Saich; 2. 1930s: Wang Ming's Wuhan moment: a brief flowering of popular front communism Hans J. van de Ven; 3. 1940s: Wang Shiwei's rectification: intellectuals and the party in yan'an Timothy Cheek; 4. 1950s: from fallen star to red star: Shangguan Yunzhu Zhang Jishun; 5. 1960s: Wang Guangmei and peach garden experience Elizabeth J. Perry; 6. 1970s: The death of Mao and life of Chairman Gonzalo Julia Lovell; 7. 1980s: Zhao Ziyang and the voices of reform Klaus Mühlhahn; 8. 1990s: Wang Yuanhua: a party intellectual reflects Xu Jilin; 9. 2000s: Jiang Zemin and the naughty Auties Jeremy Goldkorn; 10.2010s: Guo Meimei: the story of a young netizen portends a political throwback Guobin Yang; Afterword. The party and the world Philip Bowring; Index.

About the author

Timothy Cheek is Director of the Institute of Asian Research and Louis Cha Chair Professor of Chinese Research at the University of British Columbia.Klaus Mühlhahn is Professor of Modern China Studies and President of Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen.Hans van de Ven is Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of Cambridge.

Summary

Ten engaging personal histories introduce readers to what it was like to live in and with the most powerful political machine ever created: the Chinese Communist Party. These essays reveal the Party's one-hundred year history, reflecting on power, setbacks, adaptability and change, and illuminating possible paths for China's future.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Cheek, Timothy (University of British Columbia Cheek
• Assisted by: Timothy Cheek (Editor), Timothy (University of British Columbia Cheek (Editor), Cheek Timothy (Editor), Hans van de Ven (Editor), Klaus Muhlhahn (Editor), Klaus Mühlhahn (Editor), Hans van de Ven (Editor), Hans (University of Cambridge) van de Ven (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108822619
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82261-9
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Politics & government, Politics and government, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Asian History, Marxism & Communism