Calling for the Destruction of 'Class Enemies' in China, 1949-1953
by
Cheng-Chih Wang
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2005
When Communist revolutionaries seized control of Mainland China in 1949, they faced enormous challenges of state and nation building. China occupied a vast territory, had a huge and poorly integrated population and suffered from a woefully backward economy. Building a Socialist Chinese state required...