To investigate the rasion d'etre of the Great Leap is to examine problems which are common
to all post-revolutionary societies undergoing a process of socialist transformation. The …

Everyone knows that things are changing in China, and that they have been changing for
some time: ever since Mao went to join Marx, to use his own expression, in September 1976 …

Studies of communism in China reveal a strong element of nationalism in the acceptance
and interpretation of communism from Li Ta-chao to Mao Tse-tung. The concern of Chinese …

The 1981 revised history of the Chinese revolution changes previous interpretations in
fundamental respects. The 'people's democratic dictatorship'appropriate to the …

For many interpreters of Chinese Marxism, the Yan'an period (1936-47) constituted the
highpoint of Mao Zedong's career as a Marxist intellectual. It was during this period that Mao …

Socialism has been a visible issue in Chinese ideological conflicts continuously since 1905,
when socialist policies were first incorporated into the political agenda of the Revolutionary …

The development of Chinese thinking on social ism is traced through from the recognition in
the 1950s that it was at an early stage, transi tional to a higher, developed form. The theory …

Mao Tse-tung's proposal in 1938 for the “Sinification of Marxism” remains one of the most
intriguing issues in the ideological history of 4 the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) …

Interpretation of any very recent past raises a number of difficult methodological issues.
These include access to sufficient relevant documents and the problem of placing a short …

Postscript: China's High Tide of Socialism of 1955: Strategic Choices and Paths not Taken, Some
Changing Perspectives Page 1 Postscript China's High Tide of Socialism of 1955: Strategic …