"CLASS STRUGGLES IN CHINA" - A MARXIST-LENINIST ANALYSIS OF MAO TSE-TUNG.
by W.B.BLAND; Revised version London 1997.


LIST OF CONTENTS:
NB: Each section also has its' own detailed Biographical notes, within each chapter.
All links in orange below.


CLICK HERE FOR PART ONE
INCLUDES CHAPTERS 1-6 ;
WITH FOLLOWING SUB-HEADINGS:

Notes on Transliteration
Introduction; The Revolutionary Process in Colonial Countries
CHAPTER ONE THE NATIONAL ANTI-JAPANESE FRONT IN CHINA (1935-45)
The Advent of Chinese Revisionism (January-December 1935)
The Revisionist Character of Mao's 'National United Front' Policy
The Changed Character of the Kuomintang
The Kuomintang Attitude to Japanese Aggression
The Sian Incident (December 1936)
The Lukouchiao Incident (July 1937)
The Chinese War of Resistance against Japan (1937-38)
The Outbreak of the Second World War (September 1939)
The Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact (April 1941)
The Entry of the Soviet Union into the World War (June 1941)
The Breach of the CPC-Kuomintang United Front (1939-41)
The Entry of the USA into the Second World War (December 1941)
The Division within US Imperialism
The Yalta Conference (February 1945)
Soviet Denunciation of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact (April 1945)
US Atom Bomb Attacks on Japan (August 1945)

CHAPTER TWO: THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR (1945-49)
The Division within US Imperialism
THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR (1945-49)
US Military Intervention in China (1945-47)
Kuomintang-CPC Peace Negotiations (1945)
The Spurious 'Cease-fire' (January-June 1946)
The Renewal of the Civil War (July 1946)
Spontaneous Land ReForm (1947-48)
The New National United Front Policy in China (1945-49)
The Breadth of the Anti-American National United Front
CPC Concessions to the National Bourgeoisie
CPC Concessions to the Comprador Bourgeoisie
The Military Course of the Civil War (1946-49)
The Establishment of the People's Republic of China (October 1949)
The Establishment of the 'Republic of China' (December 1949)

CHAPTER THREE : THE NATIONAL-DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION (1949-53)
THE NATIONALISATION OF BUREAUCRAT-CAPITAL (1949-50)
THE LAND REFORM (1950-1952)
THE 'CAMPAIGN FOR THE ELIMINATION OF COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES' (1951-1953)

CHAPTER FOUR: THE 'ANTIS' AFFAIRS (December 1951-June 1952)
THE 'THREE-ANTI CAMPAIGN' (December 1951 - January 1952)
THE 'FIVE-ANTI CAMPAIGN' (January-June 1952)

CHAPTER FIVE: PREPARATION OF THE FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN (November 1952-February 1954)

CHAPTER SIX: The 'KAO KANG AFFAIR' (December 1953 - March 1955)
CHINESE PSEUDO-SOCIALISM
THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE TRANSITION TO SOCIALISM (1952-54)
THE COUP AGAINST THE MARXIST-LENINIST GROUPING (December 1853 - March 1955)
Mao's 'Warning' to Kao Kang (December 1953)
The 4th Plenum of the 7th CC (February 1954)
The National Conference of the CPC (March 1955)
The 8th National Congress of the CPC (September 1956)



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INCLUDES CHAPTERS 7-11 ;
WITH FOLLOWING SUB-HEADINGS:

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE COOPERATIVISATION OF ACRICULTURE (January 1951-June 1956)
The Marxist-Leninist Theory of Agricultural Cooperativisation
The Chinese Road to Agricultural Cooperativisation
The Intra-Party Struggle over Cooperativisation Policy
Lower-Level Cooperative Farms (January 1951-July 1955)
THE 'FIRST LEAP FORWARD' (July 1955 - June 1956)
Mao's Speech on Agricultural Cooperativisation (July 1955)
The 6th Plenum of the 7th CC (October 1955)
The Seventeen Articles (November 1955)
The 1956-67 Draft Programme for Agricultural Development (January 1956)
The Crisis in Agriculture (June 1956-September 1956)
The Campaign 'against Reckless Advance' (April 1956-September 1956)

CHAPTER EIGHT : CHINESE SOCIALISM AND PSEUDO-SOCIALISM IN PRACTICE (Summer 1955-September 1956)
Socialism in Agriculture
Socialism in Handicrafts
Pseudo-Socialism in Industry and Commerce

CHAPTER NINE: THE CONTROVERSY OVER ECONOMIC PLANNING (February 1956 - December 1958)
 The 20th Congress of the CPSU (February 1956)
CPC Reaction to the 20th Congress (April 1956)
Mao's 'On the Ten Major Relationships (April 1956)
The Foundation of the State Economic Commission (May 1956)
The 8th National Congress of the CPC (September 1956)
Decentralisation of Economic Planning in the USSR (March 1957)
The 3rd Plenum of the 8th CC of the CPC (September/October 1957)
The 1957 Decentralisation (November 1957)
Mao's 'Sixty Articles on Work Methods' (January 1958)
The 1958 Decentralisation (early-June 1958)
The 2nd Five-Year Plan (1958-62)

CHAPTER TEN : THE 'HUNDRED FLOWERS' AFFAIR (May 1956 - September 1957)
Mao's 'Hundred Flowers' Speech (May 1956)
Mao's 'Contradictions' Speech (February 1957)
The CPC National Propaganda Conference (March 1957)
The 'Rectification Campaign' (April 1957)
'Blooming and Contending'
The End of the 'Hundred Flowers' Affair (June 1957)
The Publication of Mao's 'Contradictions' Speech (June 1957)
The Anti-Rightist Campaign (1957)
The Compromise (September 1957)

CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE 'GREAT LEAP FORWARD' (May 1958 - January 1961)
The Chengtu Conference (March 1958)
The 2nd Session of the 8th National Congress of the CPC (May 1958)
The Revival of the People's Militia (July 1958)
The Peitaiho Politburo Conference (August 1958)
The Backyard Steel Drive (August-October 1958)
The Agricultural Crisis (1958-1961)
The Steel Crisis (1958-1962)
The 6th Plenum of the 8th CC (November/December 1958)
Peng's 'Letter of Opinion' (July 1959)
The 8th Plenum of the 8th CC (August 1959)
The 9th Plenum of the 8th CC (January 1961)



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INCLUDES CHAPTERS 12-16 ;
WITH FOLLOWING SUB-HEADINGS:

CHAPTER TWELVE : THE 'AGRICULTURE FIRST' POLICY (Summer 1960 -  September 1962)
 The Peitaiho Central Work Conference (summer 1960)
The 9th Plenum of the 8th CC (January 1961)
70 Articles of Industrial Policy (December 1961)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN : THE 'SOCIALIST EDUCATION MOVEMENT' (SEM)  (September 1962 - April 1966)
The 10th Plenum of the 8th CC (September 1962)
The Two Lines within the SEM
The Central Work Conference (February 1963)
Mao's 'Note on Seven Well-written Documents' (May 1963)
Mao's 'First Ten Points' (May 1963)
The 'Second Ten Points' (September 1963)
Mao's 'Twenty-three Articles' (December 1964)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN : PRELUDE TO THE 'CULTURAL REVOLUTION' (September 1962 - April 1966)
The 10th Plenum of the 8th CC (September/October 1962)
The Initiation of the 'Learn from the PLA' Campaign (December 1963)
Chiang Ching and 'Cultural Reform' (January 1964)
The Establishment of the Five-Man Group for Cultural Reform (June 1964)
The Publication of the 'Little Red Book' (May 1965)
 The Removal of Lo Jui-ching (September 1965)
Lin Piao's 'Long Live the Victory of People's War!' (September 1965)
The Central Work Conference (September/October 1965)
  Yao Wen-Yuan's Critique (November 1965)
  The 'February Thesis' (February 1966)
The CC Circular (May 1966)

CHAPTER FIFTEEN : THE 'CULTURAL REVOLUTION' (April 1966 - April 1969)
The Initiation of the 'Cultural Revolution' (April 1966)
  The 'Red Guards' (May 1966 - January 1967)
The 11th Plenum of the 8th CC (August 1966)
  The 'Revolutionary Rebels' (November-December 1966)
The 'Revolutionary Committees' (January 1967 - September 1968)
The Rebuilding of the Party (September 1968 - August 1971)
The 12th Plenum of the 8th CC (October 1968)
The 9th National Congress of the CPC (April 1969)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN : THE 'LIN PIAO AFFAIR'; (September 1971 - August 1973)
The Rift within the Party (1970-71)
The 2nd Plenum of the 9th CC (August/September 1970)
  The Moves to Weaken Lin Piao's Base of Support (September 1970 - January 1971)
The Plan for a Coup (March 1971)
 Lin Piao's Flight (September 1971)
The Moves for Rapprochement with US Imperialism (1970-76)
Sino-US Rapprochement in World Affairs (1971-76)
The 10th National Congress of the CPC (August 1973)
The 4th National People's Congress (January 1975)



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INCLUDES CHAPTERS 17- ;
WITH FOLLOWING SUB-HEADINGS:

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN : THE RESURGENCE OF ThE NATIONAL BOURGEOISIE (April 1973 - March 1976)
The Resurgence of the Poltical Representatives of the National Bourgeoisie
 The 'Anti-Confucius' Campaign (January 1974)

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN : THE FIRST 'TIEN AN MEN SQUARE INCIDENT' (September 1975 - March 1976)

The 'Three Directives' (September 1975)
The New Campaign against 'Unrepentant Capitalist-Roaders (January 1976)
The Death of Chou En-lai (January 1975)
 The First 'Tien An Men Square Incident' (April 1976)
The Appointment of Hua Kuo-feng as Premier (February 1976)

CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE COUP AGAINST THE 'GANG OF FOUR'
(September - December 1976)
The Death of Mao Tse-tung (September 1976)
The Exacerbation of the Intra-Party Struggle (October 1976)
The Appointment of Hua as Party Chairman
The Arrest of the 'Gang of Four' (October 1976)

CHAPTER TWENTY : THE SECOND RESURGENCE OF THE NATIONAL BOURGEOIS GROUPING (October 1976 - October 1987)
The Campaign against the 'Gang of Four' (October 1976 - December 1977)
The 'Two Whatevers' (October 1976 - February 1977)
The Central Work Conference (March 1977)
The Rehabilitation of Teng Hsiao-ping (October 1976 - December 1978)
The 3rd Plenum of the 10th CC (July 1977)
The 11th National Congress of the CPC (August 1977)
The Pro-US, Anti-Soviet Foreign Policy of the Hua Leadership (August 1977 - September 1980)
The 'Great Leap Outward' (February 1978 - early 1979)
The Debate on the Criterion of Truth (May - November 1978)
Teng's Criticism of the 'Two Whatevers' (September-November 1978)
The 'Democracy Wall' Movement (November - December 1978)
 The Central Work Conference (November 1978)
The 3rd Plenum of the 11th CC (December 1978)
  Teng as 'Paramount Leader' (July 1983 - October 1987)

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE : THE OUSTING OF HUA KUO-FENG (December 1978 - June 1981)
The 'Rehabilitation' of Peng Teh-huai and Peng Chen (December 1978)
 The Restoration of Property to the National Bourgeoisie (January 1979)
The Re-defining of 'Mao Tse-tung Thought' (March 1979)
The Suppression of the 'Democracy Wall Movement' (December 1979 - January 1980)
 The 5th Plenum of the 11th CC (February 1980)
The Rehabilitation of Liu Shao-chi (February 1980)
The Eclipse of Hua Kuo-feng (February 1980)
The Politburo Conference (August 1980)
 The Enlarged Politburo Meeting (November/December 1980)
 The 6th Plenum of the 11th CC (June 1981)



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INCLUDES CHAPTERS 22-25 + Conclusions + Bibliography - End ;
WITH FOLLOWING SUB-HEADINGS:

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE TRIAL OF THE 'GANG OF FOUR' (November 1980 - January 1981)

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE : THE REASSESSMENT OF MAO TSE-TUNG (January 1978 - September 1982)
The Reassessment of Mao Tse-tung (January 1978 - December 1980)
The 6th Plenum of the 11th CC (June 1981)
The 12th National Congress of the CPC (September 1982)

 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR THE 'ECONOMIC REFORMS' (summer 1978 - August 1993)
Special Economic Zones
International Loans
Foreign Loans and Investment
Foreign Indebtedness
Joint Ventures
Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprises
Enterprise Autonomy
'Price Reform'
Relaxation of Foreign Exchange Controls
Exchange Rates
Economic Growth
The Growth of Foreign Trade
The Growth of Private Enterprise
Removal of Subsidies
Inflation
Stock Exchanges
The Social Results of the 'Reforms'

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE : THE NEW COLONIAL-TYPE STATUS (summer 1980 - April 1996)
The Fostering of Colonial-Type Dependence
Neutral Dependence upon Imperialism

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE : THE NEW INNER-PARTY DIFFERENCES (spring 1980 - January 1996)
The Election of Chao Tzu-yang as Premier (August 1980)
The 12th National Congress of the CPC (September 1982)
The Election of Li Hsien-nien as State President (June 1983)
The Fight Back of the 'Conservative Reformers' (June - July 1983)
The Retirement of Teng Hsiao-ping (September 1985 - March 1990).
The Ousting of Hu Yao-pang (January 1987)
The 13th National Congress of the CPC  (October 1987)
The 1st Plenum of the 13th CC (November 1987)
The Second Tien An Men Square Incident (May 1989)
The Ousting and Arrest of Chao Tzu-yang (May - June 1989)
The 14th National Congress of the CPC (October 1992)
Chiang Tse-min as Paramount Leader (March 1993 - April 1995)
Repressive Measures (June 1992 - January 1996)

CONCLUSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY



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