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Documents - Contemporary China
China's Law on Regional National Autonomy, 1984
October 1, 1984
SUBJECT: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
ISSUING-DEPT: NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
ISSUE-DATE: 05/31/1984
IMPLEMENT-DATE: 10/01/1984
Constitution Of The People's Republic Of China, 1982
December 4, 1982
1982 Constitution Of The People's Republic Of China, adopted December 4, 1982.
Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, “Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of our Party since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China,” June 27, 1981
June 27, 1981
This resolution repudiated “ultraleftism” as seen in Mao-led movements including the Cultural Revolution.
1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
March 5, 1978
This constitution for the People's Republic of China was adopted by the National People's Congress on March 5, 1978.
Mao Tse-tung (Mao Ze-dong) and the Sino-Soviet Dispute
December 1, 1975
A memorandum that summarizes the history of tension between China and the Soviet Union. A part of President Ford's briefing book for meeting with Chairman Mao in December of 1975.
Mao Tse-tung (Mao Ze-dong) and the Party Debate on a Strategy for China's National Development
December 1, 1975
A memorandum that summarizes the main debates within the CCP leadership over strategy of national development. A part of President Ford's briefing book for meeting with Chairman Mao in December 1975.
Analysis of Secretary Kissinger's Meeting with Chairman Mao, October 21, 1975
October 21, 1975
A memorandum prepared by Winston Lord that analyzes Secretary Kissinger's meeting with Chairman Mao.
1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
January 17, 1975
The National People's Congress adopted amendments to the PRC Constitution on January 17, 1975.
The Art of China Watching
January 1, 1975
Document was declassified and made public in the mid 1990s.
United Nations Admits the People's Republic of China, October 25, 1971
October 25, 1971
The UN General Assembly expelled Taiwan and admitted the PRC.
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