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Volume 2 of the official Chinese Communist Party biography of Mao Zedong. This volume covers Mao's career in the period, 1949-1958. This is a unique source through which to view the ways in which the transformative events of the twentieth century have been understood and portrayed in contemporary China.
List of contents
Introduction to the English Edition: Volume II Chen Yung-fa; Further Reading on Mao Zedong; 1. The Chinese People Have Stood Up!; 2. Mao Zedong's First Visit to the Soviet Union; 3. The Struggle to Restore the Economy; 4. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (Part I); 5. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (Part II); 6. The Struggle against the Three Evils and Five Evils; 7. The General Line for the Transition Period (Part I); 8. The General Line for the Transition Period (Part II); 9. New China's First Constitution; 10. Opening up the Road to Agricultural Cooperatives in China (Part I); 11. Opening up the Road to Agricultural Cooperatives in China (Part II); 12. Success of the Redemption Policy; 13. From the Ten Major Relationships to the Eighth National Party Congress (Part I); 14. From the Ten Major Relationships to the Eighth National Party Congress (Part II); 15. Creating a Peaceful International Environment; 16. 'On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People', the Rectification Movement and the Anti-Rightist Campaign (Part I); 17. 'On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People', the Rectification Movement and the Anti-Rightist Campaign (Part II); 18. Mao Zedong's Second Visit to the Soviet Union; 19. Launching the 'Great Leap Forward' (Part I); 20. Launching the 'Great Leap Forward' (Part II); 21. The Shelling of Jinmen.
Summary
Volume 2 of the official Chinese Communist Party biography of Mao Zedong. This volume covers Mao's career in the period, 1949–1958. This is a unique source through which to view the ways in which the transformative events of the twentieth century have been understood and portrayed in contemporary China.
