Eight months behind the bamboo curtain : a report on the first eight months of communist rule in China / Guoxing Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Guoxing, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 168 pages)

Place of Publication:

Kowloon, Honkong : City University of Hong Kong Press, [2016]

Summary:

This was the motto of Chang Kuo-sin, and the ideal which he inspired generations of students of communication to follow. This volume is a rare first-person acount of China's transformation from capitalism to communism. To mark the centenary of his birth, Hong Kong Baptist University's School of Communicatoin has republished this important work by one of its most distinguished professors.

Contents:

Cover

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Foreword

Chang Kuo-sin −Patriot Who Stuck to the Truth

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Part One: Communists Rule in Nanking After One Month of Trial (April 23-May 23, 1949)

1. Communist Government

2. Popular Reactions

3. Communist Press

4. The Communist Army

5. Nationalist Retreat from Nanking

6. Communists and Foreign Recognition

Part Two: Communist Rule in China After Eight Months of Trial (April - December 1949)

1. Communist Totalitarianism

2. Communist Efforts to Disguise Totalitarianism

3. Democratic Spirit Within the Communist Party

4. The Threat of Diversionism Inside the Communist Party

5. Communist "Lean to One Side" Principle

6. The Merits and Demerits of the Communist Government

7. Disillusionment and Discontent in Communist China

8. Causes of Disillusionment and Discontent

9. Disillusionment and Discontent Among Workers

10. Disillusion and Discontent Among Farmers

11. Problems Facing the Communists - Currency

12. Problems Facing the Communists -Agriculture and the Industry

13. Problems Facing the Communists - Famine

14. Problems Facing the Communists -How to Sell Soviet Russia to the Chinese People

15. Soviet Help in the Sovietisation of China

16. Soviet Russians and Manchuria

17. Moslem Opposition to Communist Rule

18. Foreigners in Communist China

19. "Democratic Personages" in Peking

20. Will the Communists Turn Titoists in the Future?

21. Farewell to Communist China

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

962-937-531-1