From commune to capitalism: China's agricultural reforms
Chris Slee reviews Zhun Xu's book on the history of China's agricultural collectivisation.
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Chris Slee reviews Zhun Xu's book on the history of China's agricultural collectivisation.
The following are selections from the MEMRI Daily Brief series and the MEMRI Inquiry and Analysis series from 2021, by various MEMRI researchers and focused on a variety of topics.
Toward The Anniversary Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre – Unlike Mao And Deng, President Xi Will Not Allow Another Beijing Spring March 16, 2021 | By Prof. Vera Schwarcz Introduction Will there be a mass uprising for democracy again in Tiananmen Square this year? Probably not. This is because Chinese President Xi Jinping has learned key lessons from his predecessors, Mao Zedong (1893-1976) and Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997). Both Mao and Deng had dared to open periods of free thought during their time in power. Both were surprised by the depths of discontent with the Chinese Communist Party (CC...