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CIA, Mao's Cultural Revolution - Origins and Development, Oct. 6, 1967
October 6, 1967
In the midst of China's Cultural Revolution, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency prepared a report on the forces leading to the launch of the Cultural Revolution and its first year. It was written by Philip L. Bridgham. This report was declassified in 2007 (40 years after its preparation). Bridgham published a versions of this in The China Quarterly.
Pravda, The Anti-Soviet Policy of Communist China, Feb. 16, 1967
February 16, 1967
The article outlines foreign policy issues during 1967.
Foreword to the Second Edition of The Quotations of Chairman Mao, 1966
December 16, 1966
Foreword to the Second Edition of The Quotations of Chairman Mao -- Lin Biao
Mao Zedong, “Notes on the Report of Further Improving the Army’s Agricultural Work by the Rear Service Department of the Military Commission,” May 7, 1966
May 7, 1966
Mao sent this note to PLA Chief Lin Biao on May 7, 1966. It was subsequently called the May 7th Directive. It inspired the setting up in 1968 of “cadre schools” to reeducate party officials by bringing them closer to the people by working with them and by studying the teachings of Mao.
Conversation between the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin and China's Mao Zedong, 1949
December 16, 1949
Conversation between Stalin and Mao, Moscow, 16 December 1949
The Chinese People Have Stood Up! 1949
September 21, 1949
Opening address by Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, at the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Order of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Supplementing the Act of Surrender 1945
September 9, 1945
This is order No. 1 of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to the Japanese forces in China, excluding Manchuria, Formosa, and French Indo-China north of 16 degrees of north latitude, which were surrendered under the act of 9 September 1945. This order supplements the acts of surrender to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers and his General Order No. 1.
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series ~ Is Lying Contagious? Spatial Diffusion of Agricultural “Satellites” During China’s Great Leap Forward
The University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Hongwei Xu on Agricultural Satellites during the Great Leap Forward.
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series ~ Is It Possible to “De-Maoify” the Cultural Revolution?
The University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Yiching Wu on the role of Mao in the Cultural Revolution.
The Life of a Slogan: Maoism, Gender, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution
A discussion by professor Emily Honig on the impact of the Cultural Revolution on state feminism in China.
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