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The renegades, traitors and ‘capitalist-roaders’ within the Communist Party of China

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The renegades, traitors and ‘capitalist-roaders’ within the Communist Party of China

Opposite the title page of my copy of the odious Trotsky’s so-called ‘biography’ of Comrade Stalin, entitled ‘Stalin – an appraisal of the man and his influence’, is a reproduction of a poster showing the members of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party just after the victory of the 1917 October Revolution. Below that is a schematic giving their names – a number of whom I cannot remember hearing about before (and so indicating that they might have been on the CC but they were not necessarily that important in the construction of Socialism in the nascent Soviet Union).

At the bottom of the page is written;

‘Of the thirty-one members and alternate members of the October Central Committee, some of whose portraits appear above, only two were alive in 1946 – Stalin and Alexandra Kollontai.’

Now that’s just under thirty years. I don’t quite understand the point being made by the publisher of this version of Trotsky’s vitriolic attack upon Comrade Stalin.

And there’s no explanation about why they were no longer alive in 1946. For example, VI Lenin died prematurely because he was the victim of an assassination attempt, M Uritsky died of an assassin’s bullet, FE Dzerzhinsky (Iron Felix) died of heart failure after a major speech at a Central Committee meeting where he attacked the ‘United Opposition’ of Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamanev.

The implication seems to be that there should be no change in the leadership of a Communist Party but the very same people who take an anti-Soviet stance would argue that some leaders of Communist parties stay in their positions of responsibility for longer than is healthy – which does have a certain validity but which is a debate for a different place.

A social revolution, and especially a Socialist Revolution, is a very complex thing. It has been so throughout history, is at present (in those few revolutionary movements still in existence) and will be in the future.

Individuals join a revolutionary movement for a myriad of reasons. Some are/will/might;

  • committed revolutionaries who hate the system of oppression and exploitation and have a perspective of a different future for the vast majority of the population
  • opportunists who think the train they have jumped on is the best for their self-advancement
  • downright spies and traitors planted by the ruling class in their attempt to prevent the inevitable
  • dilettantes who chose to join a revolutionary movement because other organisations don’t offer anything substantial but who don’t fundamentally accept what joining the movement actually means
  • just hangers on, who are ignorant of the consequences of their actions and can swing either way when the going gets tough
  • ideologically weak and crack when the pressure of the ruling class becomes too great
  • betray the movement when put under the slightest pressure
  • empty-headed and never thought of the consequences of what they had signed up to do
  • hate the present oppressive system but don’t realise that the only way to destroy it is to substitute the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie with the dictatorship of the proletariat
  • think a revolution is a game and don’t understand the implications of what Chairman Mao meant when he said ‘a revolution is not a dinner party’
  • a waste a space and a waste of time
  • intellectuals who think they know better and are astounded when the people don’t accept their sophistication and superior leadership
  • start off being honest but end up getting seduced by the power that a little learning provides them, thanks to their involvement in the movement but forgetting their background
  • forget their background (I hate the term ‘roots’, but that’s the general sense) and think they are better than the hoi poloi
  • think they have an innate right to be in positions of leadership and take umbrage when that’s challenged
  • like to criticise but don’t like to be criticised
  • don’t consider that self-criticism is an integral part of being a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary
  • think they don’t need to study to understand the theory of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and that they will learn from the process of osmosis
  • get tired and take the easy way out which often turns to a counter-revolutionary stance
  • get old and find that the revolution they thought about in their youth is not the revolution through which they are living
  • resent ‘unknowns’, strangers, new entrants and others who haven’t earned their positions taking over positions of responsibility as they represent the general momentum of the revolution
  • can’t keep up with the pace of change
  • challenged by youth who they see as being ignorant
  • try to take the easy way out
  • give up
  • run away
  • have doubts, about themselves and the reason for carrying on
  • courageous
  • cowards
  • lazy
  • liars
  • selfish
  • arrogant

But it’s the Revolution, that inanimate but also living organism, that is always in control.

Anyone who has been part of the Marxist-Leninist movement – in whatever country, in whatever epoch – since the formulation of Marxist theory in the middle of the 19th century will have encountered variations of the above. Indeed they will display some of those traits themselves, often ones that are contradictory.

This doesn’t mean that certain individuals might have been useful, even fundamental, to the revolution in the past but the fact is that a revolution is an uncontrollable force; it crushes some of those who were it’s darlings in the past but who become obstructionist in the present; some get left behind as the revolution has decided to take a different course from that expected; some get bitter about their lack of understanding of the radical changes in the revolutionary process; and those who were once friends of the revolution become its enemies as their own personal interests take precedence over the revolution itself.

The leader of the gang of renegades, traitors and ‘capitalist-roaders’ represented below is, without a shadow of a doubt, Liu Shaoqi (Liu Shao-chi) who showed his true colours in the early days of the People’s Republic. Perhaps one of Comrade Mao‘s greatest failings was not ridding the Party of this revisionist and ‘capitalist-roader’ sooner. It was around him, and under his influence, that the others were able to spread their poisonous line within the Party.

Liu must have had supporters in the highest levels of the Party, probably in the form of Zhou Enlai (Chou En-lai).

Liu Shaoqi [Liu Shao-chi] (1898-1969)

Collections of His Writings

Selected Works of Liu Shaoqi, Volume 1, (Beijing: FLP, 1984), 463 pages.

Selected Works of Liu Shaoqi, Volume 2, (Beijing: FLP, 1991), 1st ed., 487 pages.

Three Essays on Party-Building, by Liu Shaoqi, includes: How to Be a Good Communist (1939), On Inner-Party Struggle (1941), and On the Party (1945). This edition uses Pinyin versions of Chinese names. It may or may not have been altered in other ways from earlier English editions. (Peking: FLP, 1980), 316 pages.

On the Agrarian Reform Law, by Liu Shao-chi. Included in The Agrarian Reform Law of the People’s Republic of China – Together with other relevant documents on pages 75-104. (Peking: FLP, 1950)

How To Be a Good Communist, by Liu Shao-chi. First English edition of the Chinese version published in December 1949. [Note: This is the notorious book on self-cultivation that was strongly criticized during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.] (Peking: FLP, 1951), 136 pages.

Internationalism and Nationalism, by Liu Shao-chi. This pamphlet is probably the translation of an article that appeared in Renmin Ribao [People’s Daily] on Nov. 1, 1948, or else is based on that article. (Peking: FLP, n.d. [but probably 1952]), 63 pages.

The Political Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the Eighth National Congress of the Party, by Liu Shao-chi, September 15, 1956. (Peking: FLP, 1956), 102 pages.

Report on the Work of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the Second Session of the Eighth National Congress, by Liu Shao-chi, May 5, 1958, 51 pages. [This speech is taken from pages 16-61 of the 1958 pamphlet Second Session of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China (Peking: FLP, 1958), 99 pages.] Liu Shao-chi’s speech only, full Pamphlet

Opening Speech by Chairman Liu Shao-chi, at the meeting to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Oct. 1, 1959. From the Supplement to Peking Review, Vol. 2, 39, Oct. 1, 1959, 2 pages.

The Victory of Marxism-Leninism in China, by Liu Shao-chi, Sept. 14, 1959. An article written for the World Marxist Review in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. From Peking Review, Vol. 2, 39, Oct. 1, 1959, 10 pages. Pamphlet version (Peking: FLP, 1959), 46 pages.

Address at the Meeting in Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China, by Liu Shao-chi, June 30, 1961, with two appendices (editorials from Hongqi and Renmin Ribao). (Peking: FLP, 1961), 46 pages. Version from Peking Review, July 7, 1961, 7 pages.

Joint Statement of Chairman Liu Shao-chi and President Choi Yong Kun, on the conclusion of the visit by the President of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to China in June 1963. (Peking: FLP, 1963), 24 pages.

Deng Xiaoping [Teng Hsiao-ping] (1904-1997)

Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping (3 volumes)

Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping (1938-1965) This collection was first published in Chinese in 1989 and in English in 1992. Smaller file, OCR scan, larger file, image scan.

Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping (1975-1982) This collection was first published in Chinese in 1983 and in English in 1984. Smaller file, OCR scan, larger file, image scan.

Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping (1982-1992) This collection was first published in Chinese in 1993 and in English in 1994. Smaller file, OCR scan, larger file, image scan.

Constitution of the Communist Party of China and Report on the Revision of the Constitution of the CPC by Teng Hsiao-ping. This is the Party Constitution adopted by the Eighth National Congress on Sept. 26, 1956. The report of the the revision of the Constitution was delivered by Teng Hsiao-ping [Deng Xiaoping] at that Congress on Sept. 16, 1956. (Peking: FLP, 1956), 118 pp.

Speech by Teng Hsiao-ping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, at the Mass Rally of People of All Walks of Life Held in Peking to Support the Just Stand of the Soviet Union and Oppose U.S. Imperialism’s Wrecking of the Four-Power Conference of Government Heads, May 20, 1960, 6 pages. From the pamphlet Support the Just Stand of the Soviet Union and Oppose U.S. Imperialism’s Wrecking of the Four-Power Conference of Government Heads, (Peking: FLP, 1960), 45 pages. Deng’s speech, full pamphlet

Speech by Chairman of the Delegation of the People’s Republic of China, Teng Hsiao-ping, at the Special Session of the U.N. General Assembly, April 10, 1974. (Peking: FLP, 1974), 28 pages.

Speech of the Delegation of the People’s Republic of China, Teng Hsiao-ping, at the Special session of the UN General Assembly, April 10 1974, 41 pages. (In both Chinese and English.)

Build Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, a collection of speeches and essays from 1982 to 1984. 1st edition, (Beijing: FLP, 1985), 88 pages.

On Deng Xiaoping Thought, Wu Jie, FLP, Beijing, 1996, 292 pages. [The renegades seek to justify their betrayal.]

Chen Yun (1905-1995)

Selected Works of Chen Yun, Volume 1: 1926-1949, 2nd ed., (Beijing: FLP, 2001), 419 pages.

Selected Works of Chen Yun, Volume 2: 1949-1956, 1st ed., (Beijing: FLP, 1997), 359 pages.

Selected Works of Chen Yun, Volume 3: 1956-1994, 1st ed., (Beijing: FLP, 1999), 409 pages.

Vice-Premier Chen Yun’s Speech at the Reception Given by Bulgarian Ambassador Celebrating the National Day of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria (Excerpts), September 9, 1958. Included in the pamphlet Oppose U.S. Military Provocations in the Taiwan Straits Area – A Selection of Important Documents, (Peking: FLP, 1958), 83 pages. (See pages 9-13.)

Lin Biao [Lin Piao] (1907-1971)

Collections of his writings:

Selected Works of Lin Piao, ed. by the China Problems Research Center, (Hong Kong: 1970), 496 pages. This volume was prepared at a time when Lin Biao was Mao’s designated successor and before his disgrace and death in late 1971.

Speeches and Instructions of Lin Piao, 1966-1967, some translated by Western scholars, special issue of the academic journal Chinese Law and Government, Spring 1973, 108 pages.

Speeches and Instructions of Lin Piao, 1968-1971, some translated by Western scholars, special issue of the academic journal Chinese Law and Government, Summer 1973, 108 pages.

March Ahead Under the Red Flag of the General Line and Mao Tse-tung’s Military Thinking, by Lin Piao, originally in Hongqi, 19 (Oct. 1, 1959); in English translation in Peking Review, Vol. 2, 40, October 6, 1959, 8 pages, and in pamphlet form, (Peking: FLP, 1959), 34 pages.

Long Live the Victory of People’s War!, by Lin Piao [Lin Biao], Sept. 3, 1965. This famous essay was written in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japan. It is often still viewed as an important statement of the role of people’s war in the world despite Lin’s own personal treachery later on. (Peking: FLP, 3rd ed., 1967), 76 pages.

Chairman Mao Has Elevated Marxism-Leninism to a Completely New Stage With Great Talent, letter from Lin Piao, March 11, 1966, 1 pages. [Also available in Peking Review, vol. 9, 26, June 24, 1966.]

Comrade Lin Piao’s Speech at the Mass Rally Celebrating the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, August 18, 1966, 3 pages. [Also available in Peking Review, vol. 9, 35, August 26, 1966.]

Comrade Lin Piao’s Speech at the Peking Rally to Receive Revolutionary Teachers and Students from All Parts of China, Aug. 31, 1966, 3 pages. [Also available in Peking Review, vol. 9, 37, September 9, 1966.]

The People’s Revolutionary Struggle Will Surely Triumph Over U.S. Imperialism’s Counter-Revolutionary Strategy – In commemoration of the first anniversary of the publication of Comrade Lin Piao’s essay ‘Long Live the Victory of People’s War!’, by Tung Ming, 3 pages. [Also available in Peking Review, vol. 9, September 9, 1966.]

Comrade Lin Piao’s Speech at the Peking Rally to Receive Revolutionary Teachers and Students from All Parts of China, September 15, 1966, 2 pages. [Also available in Peking Review, vol. 9, September 23, 1966.]

Lin Piao’s Inscription and Introduction to the Second Edition of Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-tung, December 16, 1966, 4 pages. [After the fall and death of Lin Piao these pages were of course removed from the 3rd edition of the Little Red Book. (The 1st edition had Lin Piao’s inscription but not his introduction.)]

Report to the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, delivered by Lin Piao on April 1 and adopted on April 14, 1969. (Peking: FLP, 1969), 112 pages.

Vice-Chairman Lin Piao’s Speech at the Rally Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, October 1, 1969, 10 pages. From the pamphlet Fight for the Further Consolidation of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat – In Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China. (Peking: FLP, 1969) Lin’s speech only, complete pamphlet, 54 pages.

Works about Lin Biao (Lin Piao): [See also the post on the Campaign to Criticize Lin Piao and Confucius.]

Great Victory for the Military Line of Chairman Mao Tsetung – A Criticism of Lin Piao’s Bourgeois Military Line in the Liaohsi-Shenyang and Peiping-Tientsin Campaigns, by Chan Shih-pu, (Peking: FLP, 1976), 124 pages plus 2 large maps.

Zhou Enlai [Chou En-lai] (1898-1976)

Selected Works

Selected Works of Zhou Enlai, Volume 1, (Beijing: FLP, 1981), 486 pages.

Selected Works of Zhou Enlai, Volume 2, (Beijing: FLP, 1989), 558 pages.

Four short notes from Minister of Foreign Affairs Chou En-lai to the U.N., regarding China’s rightful seat in the United Nations. These are included in the pamphlet Complete and Consolidate the Victory (Peking: FLP, May 1950), on pages 41-46.

Documents Concerning Premier Chou En-lai’s Visit to India and Burma, 4 documents including speeches and joint statements by Zhou Enlai. A supplement to the magazine People’s China, 1954, 14, July 16, 1954, 8 pages.

Report on the Question of Intellectuals, by Chou En-lai, Jan. 14, 1956, (Peking: FLP, 1956), 48 pages.

Political Report, by Chou En-lai, delivered at the Second Session of the Second National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference on January 30, 1956. (Peking: FLP, 1956), 51 pages.

Report on the Proposals for the Second Five-Year Plan for Development of the National Economy, by Chou En-lai, a speech delivered at the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China on September 16, 1956. This is the second part of a pamphlet which includes the Proposals of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China for the Second Five-Year Plan for Development of the National Economy (1958-1962). Chou’s speech only.

Current Tasks of Reforming the Written Language, by Chou En-lai, 23 pages. [This is from the 2nd edition (revised translation) of the pamphlet Reform of the Chinese Written Language, (Peking: FLP, 1965) Chou’s speech only.

Premier Chou En-lai’s Statement on the Situation in the Taiwan Straits Area, September 6, 1958. Included in the pamphlet Oppose U.S. Military Provocations in the Taiwan Straits Area – A Selection of Important Documents, (Peking: FLP, 1958), 83 pages. (See pages 2-6.)

Premier Chou En-lai’s Speech at the Reception Given by Korean Ambassador Celebrating the National Day of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Excerpts), September 9, 1958. Included in the pamphlet Oppose U.S. Military Provocations in the Taiwan Straits Area – A Selection of Important Documents, (Peking: FLP, 1958), 83 pages. (See pages 22-23.)

Report on the Work of the Government, by Chou En-lai, delivered at the Second National People’s Congress on April 18, 1959. (Peking: FLP, 1959), 80 pages.

A Great Decade, by Chou En-lai, 1959. Summing up the achievements of the country in the decade since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. (Peking: FLP, 1959), 45 pages.

Premier Chou En-lai’s Speech at Rumania’s National Day Reception Given by the Rumanian Ambassador to China, August 23, 1968, 9 pages. From the pamphlet Total Bankruptcy of Soviet Modern Revisionism, (Peking: FLP, 1968) Chou’s speech only.

Premier Chou En-lai’s Speech at Vietnam’s National Day Reception Given by the Vietnamese Ambassador to China, September 2, 1968, 12 pages. From the pamphlet Total Bankruptcy of Soviet Modern Revisionism, (Peking: FLP, 1968) Chou’s speech only.

Premier Chou En-lai’s Speech at the Reception Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, September 30, 1969, 10 pages. From the pamphlet Fight for the Further Consolidation of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat – In Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China. (Peking: FLP, 1969) Chou’s speech only.

Writings About Zhou Enlai

We Will Always Remember Premier Chou En-lai, a collection of articles and photographs, (Peking: FLP, 1977), 220 pages.

Zhou Enlai, su adolescencia y juventud, Hu Hua, ELE, Beijing, 1979, 137 pages. In Spanish.

Zhu De [Chu Teh] (1886-1976)

Selected Works

Selected Works of Zhu De, 1st ed., (Peking: FLP, 1984), 454 pages.

The Battle Front of the Liberated Areas, by Chu Teh. This was the military report given on April 25, 1945 to the Seventh Congress of the CCP. This is the 3rd edition (with a revised translation) of the English pamphlet. (Peking: FLP, 1962), 89 pages.

Vice-Chairman Chu Teh’s Speech at the Reception Given by Vietnamese Ambassador Celebrating the National Day of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Excerpts), September 2, 1958. Included in the pamphlet Oppose U.S. Military Provocations in the Taiwan Straits Area – A Selection of Important Documents, (Peking: FLP, 1958), 83 pages. (See page 21.)

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China Policy Study Group

The China Policy Study Group (CPSG) was a group of Left academics in Britain sympathetic and supportive of the Chinese Revolution. They were sponsored by Dr. Joseph Needham, Professor Cyril Offord, Professor Joan Robinson and Professor George Thomson. They published a number of books and pamphlets (including a series of three significant books by George Thomson). They also published a monthly magazine, China Policy Study Group Broadsheet, from January 1964 until December 1981, with one final, special issue in May 1982.

The CPSG probably played a positive role in spreading the ideas of the Chinese Revolution amongst the British Left but don’t seem to have a) really understood Maoism, b) didn’t really accept the true significance of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and c) never understood the meaning and consequences of a ‘revolution is not a dinner party’.

After the death of Chairman Mao they didn’t see the coup d’etat of the ‘capitalist-roaders’ in the Communist Party of China against the revolutionaries within the Party – who were derided as the so-called ‘Gang of Four’. From 1977 to the final issue in may of 1982 they seemed to accept the moving of Chinese society from the revolutionary road to that of the full scale restoration of capitalism without any problems.

The cessation of the publication of the monthly Broadsheet was, therefore, no real loss.

Marxism In China Today, by George Thomson, 1965, 16 pages. This pre-Cultural Revolution pamphlet is a slightly expanded form of a lecture first given on March 15, 1965, under the auspices of the China Policy Study Group.

From Marx to Mao Tse-tung: A Study in Revolutionary Dialectics, by George Thomson, (London: China Policy Study Group, 1971), 96 double pages. Though written over 40 years ago, this is still a fine introduction to revolutionary Marxism. It includes a great many quotations from Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and others, all arranged in a way to illustrate the overall coherence and unity of MLM theory.

Capitalism and After: The Rise and Fall of Commodity Production, by George Thomson, (London: China Policy Study Group, 1973), 162 pages. A continuation of the above volume, focusing here on the political economy of capitalism and socialism. Like the first volume, it includes many quotations from Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and others.

The Human Essence: The Sources of Science and Art, by George Thomson, (London: China Policy Study Group, 1974), 132 pages. The third and final volume of Thomson’s introduction to Marxism, which together cover the political, historical and ideological aspects of the subject. This volume, however, is based to a somewhat greater degree on Thomson’s own thinking and work.

Mao’s Last Battle — The Next Stage, by Bruce Smith, China Policy Study Group (London), 1978, 36 pages. This pamphlet focuses on supporting Hua Kuo-feng (Hua Guofeng) and attacking the so-called Gang of Four, with only mild and limited criticism of Deng Xiaoping.

Index for 1964-1981, 10 pages

1969 Volume 6

7 – July 1969, 4 pages

9 – September 1969, 4 pages

10 – October 1969, 8 pages

11 – November 1969, 4 pages

12 – December 1969, 4 pages

Volume 6 Index, 1 page

1970 Volume 7

1 – January 1970, 4 pages

2 – February 1970, 4 pages

3 – March 1970, 4 pages

8 – August 1970, 4 pages

9 – September 1970, 4 pages

1971 Volume 8

No issues available for this year.

1972 Volume 9

6 – June 1972, 4 pages

7 – July 1972, 4 pages

10 – October 1972, 4 pages

1973 Volume 10

11 – November 1973, 4 pages

12 – December 1973, 4 pages

1974 Volume 11

2 – February 1974, 4 pages

3 – March 1974, 4 pages

4 – April 1974, 4 pages

5 – May 1974, 4 pages

6 – June 1974, 4 pages

7 – July 1974, 4 pages

8 – August 1974, 4 pages

9 – September 1974, 4 pages

10 – October 1974, 8 pages

11 – November 1974, 4 pages

12 – December 1974, 4 pages

1975 Volume 12

1 – January 1975, 4 pages

2 – February 1975, 4 pages

3 – March 1975, 4 pages

4 – April 1975, 4 pages

5 – May 1975, 4 pages

6 – June 1975, 4 pages

8 – August 1975, 4 pages

9 – September 1975, 4 pages

10 – October 1975, 4 pages

11 – November 1975, 4 pages

12 – December 1975, 4 pages

1976 Volume 13

1 – January 1976, 4 pages

2 – February 1976, 4 pages

3 – March 1976, 4 pages

4 – April 1976, 4 pages

5 – May 1976, 4 pages

6 – June 1976, 4 pages

8 – August 1976, 4 pages

9 – September 1976, Special Issue on Mao’s Death, 8 pages

1977 Volume 14

1 – January 1977, 4 pages

2 – February 1977, 4 pages

3 – March 1977, 4 pages

4 – April 1977, 4 pages

5 – May 1977, 4 pages

6 – June 1977, 4 pages

7 – July 1977, 4 pages

8 – August 1977, 4 pages

9 – September 1977, 4 pages

10 – October 1977, 4 pages

11 – November 1977, 4 pages

12 – December 1977, 4 pages

1978 Volume 15

1 – January 1978, 4 pages

2 – February 1978, 4 pages

1979 Volume 16

4 – April 1979, 4 pages

5 – May 1979, 4 pages

6/7 – June-July 1979, 8 pages

9 – September 1979, 4 pages

10 – October 1979, 4 pages

11 – November 1979, 4 pages

12 – December 1979, 4 pages

1980 Volume 17

1 – January 1980, 4 pages

2 – February 1980, 4 pages

3 – March 1980, 4 pages

4 – April 1980, 4 pages

5 – May 1980, 4 pages

8 – August 1980, 4 pages

10 – October 1980, 4 pages

11/12 – November-December 1980, 6 pages

1981 Volume 18

1 – January 1981, 4 pages

2 – February 1981, 4 pages

3 – March 1981, 4 pages

4 – April 1981, 4 pages

6/7 – June-July 1981, 8 pages

8 – August 1981, 4 pages

9 – September 1981, 4 pages. (The CPSG announced in this issue that regular publication of the Broadsheet would cease in December 1981.)

10 – October 1981, 4 pages

11 – November 1981, 4 pages

12 – December 1981, 8 pages

1982

Special Issue – May 1982, 8 pages

When the CPSG announced the cessation of the monthly publication from the end of 1981 they suggested that there might be an occasional publication in the future. This ‘Special’ really came out to announce that the option wasn’t feasible and so this was definitely the last of the series that had been published since 1964.

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People’s China

People’s China was an English language magazine, first published on 1st January 1950. It’s aim was stated in the first paragraph of the first page;

‘This is a journal dedicated to cementing unity and friendship between the Chinese people and the progressive people of all lands and to the cause of lasting peace and people’s democracy. Through its pages, we intend to inform our readers, twice a month, off the thought and life of the China that has free herself from the clutches of domestic reactionaries and the yoke of foreign imperialists – that is, the people’s China.’

It should be remembered that this first issue was published a mere three months after Chairman Mao declared the foundation of the People’s Republic of China on 1st October 1949 – thereby demonstrating the importance the Communist Party of China placed on the worldwide dissemination of information about the efforts of the Chinese workers and peasants in the construction of Socialism.

As well as English the magazine was also published in Russian, Japanese, Chinese, French and Indonesian.

People’s China magazine was eventually replace by Peking Review, which served the same purpose but which was published weekly. The other magazines which were produced for the foreign reader were China Reconstructs and China Pictorial.

As this magazine started publication so soon after the success of the Chinese Revolution there were still those in a senior position within the Party who were later to be exposed as traitors and reactionary ‘capitalist roaders’, such as Liu Shao-chi ( Liu Shaoqi) and Teng Tsiao-ping ( Deng Xiaoping). At times they promoted the revolutionary, Socialist ideas of the Party at others they were already developing their pernicious and counter-revolutionary thoughts. These were later exposed and their ideas challenged during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

1950

Vol. I, 1 – January 1, 1950, 32 pages.

Vol. I, 2 – January 16, 1950, 32 pages.

Vol. I, 3 – February 1, 1950, 28 pages.

Vol. I, 4 – February 16, 1950, 28 pages.

Vol. I, 5 – March 1, 1950, 32 pages.

Vol. I, 6 – March 16, 1950, 28 pages.

Vol. I, 7 – April 1, 1950, 28 pages.

Vol. I, 8 – April 16, 1950, 28 pages.

Vol. I, 9 – May 1, 1950, 28 pages.

Vol. I, 10 – May 16, 1950, 28 pages.

Supplement: ‘May Day address by Liu Shao-chi’, 12 pages.

Vol. I, 11 – June 1, 1950, 28 pages.

Vol. I, 12 – June 16, 1950, 32 pages, including Vol. I index (for first half of 1950).

Vol. II, 1 – July 1, 1950, 32 pages.

Vol. II, 2 – July 16, 1950, 32 pages.

Supplement: ‘The Agrarian Law’ and ‘The Trade Union Law’, 16 pages.

Vol. II, 3 – August 1, 1950, 32 pages.

Vol. II, 4 – August 16, 1950, 32 pages.

Vol. II, 5 – September 1, 1950, 32 pages.

Vol. II, 6 – September 16, 1950, 32 pages.

Vol. II, 11 – December 1, 1950, 32 pages. (This is a black-and-white reproduction by the U.S. CIA.)

Supplement: ‘China’s Statement to the U.N. on the illegal MacArthur Report‘, 15 pages.

Vol. II, 12 – December 16, 1950, 32 pages. (This is a black-and-white reproduction by the U.S. CIA.)

Supplement: ‘The speeches of China’s Representative at the U.N Security Council’, ‘Chou En-lai’s statement on the Peace Treaty with Japan’, and Index for Volume 2 (second half of 1950), 20 pages.

1951

Vol. III, 2 – January 16, 1951, 32 pages.

Supplement: ‘China and the Second World Peace Congress’, 20 pages.

Vol. III, 4 – February 16, 1951, 32 pages.

Supplement: ‘Foreign Minister Chou En-lai’s statement on the illegal U.N. Resolution’, 4 pages.

Vol. III, 5 – March 1, 1951, 32 pages.

Vol. III, 6 – March 16, 1951, 32 pages.

Supplement: ‘World Peace Council resolutions and speech by Kuo Mo-jo’, 12 pages.

Vol. III, 7 – April 1, 1951, 32 pages.

Vol. III, 8 – April 16, 1951, 32 pages.

Vol. III, 9 – May 1, 1951, 44 pages.

Supplement: ‘The Manifesto and Platform of the Vietnam Lao Dong Party’, 8 pages.

Vol. III, 10 – May 16, 1951, 32 pages.

Vol. III, 11 – June 1, 1951, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘On Practice’, by Mao Tse-tung. [This supplement is not available, but this work is available here.]

Supplement: ‘Chinese and Soviet notes on the U.S. Draft Peace Treaty with Japan’, 8 pages.

Vol. III, 12 – June 16, 1951, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘Documents and speeches on the peaceful liberation of Tibet’, 16 pages. Also includes the Index to Volume III (the first half of 1951).

Vol. IV, 1 – July 1, 1951, Special issue on the 30th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, 48 pages.

Vol. IV, 2 – July 16, 1951, 36 pages.

Vol. IV, 3 – August 1, 1951, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘Documents on the cease-fire and armistice negotiations in Korea’, 12 pages.

Vol. IV, 4 – August 16, 1951, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘Documents and commentaries on the cease-fire and armistice negotiations in Korea (II)’, 20 pages.

Vol. IV, 5 – September 1, 1951, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘Foreign Minister Chou En-lai’s statement on the US-British Draft Peace Treaty with Japan’, 8 pages.

Supplement: ‘The trial and conviction of U.S. spies in Peking’, 16 pages.

Vol. IV, 6 – September 16, 1951, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘On the indictment and punishment of war criminals’, 8 pages.

Supplement: ‘Documents on the cease-fire and armistice negotiations in Korea (III)’, 24 pages.

Vol. IV, 7 – October 1, 1951, 41 pages (including tipped-in photo of Mao).

Supplement: ‘Presentation of the International Stalin Peace Prize to Soong Ching Ling’, 8 pages.

Vol. IV, 8 – October 16, 1951, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘Documents on the cease-fire and armistice negotiations in Korea (IV)’, 8 pages.

Vol. IV, 9 – November 1, 1951, 36 pages.

Vol. IV, 10 – November 16, 1951, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘Premier Chou En-lai’s Political Report to 3rd Session of the CPPCC’, 12 pages.

Vol. IV, 11 – December 1, 1951, 40 pages.

Vol. IV, 12 – December 16, 1951, 32 pages. [Includes index for Volume IV (second half of 1951).]

1952

1 – January 1, 1952, 42 pages.

2 – January 16, 1952, 32 pages.

3 – February 1, 1952, 28 pages.

4 – February 16, 1952, 32 pages.

5 – March 1, 1952, 36 pages. [Missing pages 24-25. Pages 32-33 out of order.]

6 – March 16, 1952, 36 pages.

7 – April 1, 1952, 36 pages.

8 – April 16, 1952, 32 pages.

Supplement: ‘Statements and reports on the American crime of waging bacteriological warfare in China and Korea’, 16 pages.

9 – May Day (May 1) 1952, 41 pages (including tipped-in paper-cut of Mao).

10 – May 16, 1952, issue itself not yet available.

Supplement: ‘Statements by two American Air Force Officers, Kenneth Lloyd Enoch and John Quinn, admitting their participation in germ warfare in Korea and other documents’, 16 pages.

Index for issues 1-12 in 1952, 3 pages.

14 – July 16 1952, 40 pages.

15 – August 1, 1952, 40 pages (plus errata page).

16 – August 16, 1952, 44 pages.

17 – September 1, 1952, 32 pages.

18 – September 17, 1952, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Report of the International Scientific Commission for the investigation of the facts concerning bacterial warfare in Korea and China’, 28 pages.

19 – October 1, 1952, 49 pages (including tipped-in photo of Mao).

20 – October 16, 1952, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘The Peace Conference of the Asian and Pacific Regions: Reports and Speeches’, 40 pages.

21 – November 1, 1952, 48 pages.

Supplement: ‘Documents of the Peace Conference of the Asian and Pacific Regions’, 12 pages.

Supplement: ‘The Draft Korean Armistice Agreement and other documents’, 16 pages.

22 – November 16, 1952, 40 pages.

23 – December 1, 1952, 32 pages.

Season’s Greeting Card from Guozi Shudian, 3 pages.

24 – December 16, 1952, 28 pages. [Includes index for second half of 1952 (issues 13-24).]

1953

1 – January 1, 1953, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘Foreign Minister Chou En-lai’s Reply to Lester B. Pearson’, and two other foreign policy documents, 8 pages.

2 – January 16, 1953, 36 pages.

Supplement: ‘Appeal of the Congress of the Peoples for Peace’, and one other short statement, 2 pages.

3 – February 1, 1953, 36 pages, but missing pages 17-20 (photo insert).

4 – February 16, 1953, 32 pages.

Supplement: ‘A Political Report by Chou En-lai’, and ‘Three documents concerning the Congress of the Peoples for Peace’, 16 pages.

5 – March 1, 1953, 32 pages.

Supplement: ‘An address on the third anniversary of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance’, by Liu Shao-chi, 8 pages.

6 – March 16, 1953 – Memorial issue on the death of Stalin: Note: This copy is missing pages 15-18. Includes two supplements, ‘New facts on US germ warfare in Korea and China’, 16 pages and ‘The 1953 State Budget of the P.R.C.’, 16 pages.

7 – April 1, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Electoral Law of the PRC’, and ‘An explanation of the Electoral Law’, by Teng Hsiao-ping, 16 pages.

8 – April 16, 1953, 40 pages.

9 – May 1, 1953.

10 – May 16, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘China supports a five-power Peace Pact’, and ‘The Chinese Women’s Movement since 1949’, 8 pages.

11 – June 1, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Documents of the Seventh All-China Congress of Trade Unions’, 16 pages.

12 – June 15, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘The Agreement on the ‘Terms of Reference for the Neutral Nations Reparation Commission’, 4 pages.

Supplement: Index for issues 1-12 in 1953, 4 pages.

13 – July 1, 1953, 41 pages (including tipped-in photo of Mao).

Supplement: ‘Decisions on Mutual Aid and Co-operation in Agricultural Production adopted by the C.C. of the CCP’, 8 pages.

14 – July 16, 1953, 40 pages.

15 – August 1, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Korean Armistice Agreement and other documents’, 32 pages.

16 – August 16, 1953, 40 pages.

17 – September 1, 1953, 40 pages.

18 – September 16, 1953, 40 pages.

19 – October 1, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘A Report on the Chinese People’s Volunteers in Korea’, by General Peng Teh-huai, 32 pages.

20 – October 16, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Communique on national economic, cultural and educational rehabilitation and development in 1952’, by the State Statistical Bureau, 8 pages.

21 – November 1, 1953, 40 pages.

22 – November 16, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Text of the Sino-Japanese Trade Agreement’, 2 pages.

23 – December 1, 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Depositions of nineteen captured US airmen on their participation in germ warfare in Korea’, 68 pages.

24 – December 16, 1953, includes index for issues 13-24 in 1953, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Chou En-lai’s statement on the illegal UN resolution on ‘Atrocities’ in Korea’, and ‘Kuo Mo-jo’s Interview on US ‘Atrocities’ slander’, 6 pages.

Supplement: ‘The Sino-Korean agreement on economic and cultural co-operation and other documents’, 8 pages.

1954

1 – January 1, 1954, 40 pages.

2 – January 16, 1954, 40 pages.

1954 Calendar with painting of Mao proclaiming the PRC in 1949, 2 pages.

3 – February 1, 1954, 44 pages.

4 – February 16, 1954.

5 – March 1, 1954, 40 pages.

6 – March 16, 1954.

7 – April 1, 1954, 42 pages.

Supplement: ‘Decisions on the Development of Agricultural Producers’ Cooperatives’, by the Central Committee of the CCP, 12 pages.

8 – April 16, 1954.

9 – May 1, 1954, 42 pages.

10 – May 16, 1954, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Foreign Minister Chou En-lai’s statements at the Geneva Conference’, 12 pages.

11 – June 1, 1954, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Foreign Minister Chou En-lai’s statement on the Korean Question at the Geneva Conference’, 4 pages.

12 – June 16, 1954, 44 pages, includes index for first half of 1954.

13 – July 1, 1954, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘The Draft Constitution of the People’s Republic of China’, 16 pages.

Supplement: ‘Foreign Minister Chou En-lai’s statements at the Geneva Conference’, 4 pages.

Letter to Readers (requesting feedback), 2 pages.

14 – July 16, 1954, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘Chou En-lai’s visit to India and Burma’, 8 pages.

15 – August 1, 1954, 40 pages.

Supplement: ‘The Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indo-China’ and ‘Foreign Minister Chou En-lai’s Statement at the Final Session of the Geneva Conference’, 8 pages.

23 – December 1, 1954, 36 pages.

1955

9 – May 1, 1955, 42 pages.

Supplement: ‘Resolutions and Appeal of the Conference of Asian Countries, New Delhi, April 10, 1955’, 8 pages.

Supplement: ‘Disaster strikes the Tachens – The report of a Red Cross investigation into crimes committed by Chiang Kai-shek’s troops during their withdrawal from the Tachens and other islands, April 7, 1955’, 20 pages.

23 – December 1, 1955. Issue itself not yet available.

Supplement: ‘Documents of the Sixth Plenary Session (Enlarged) of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’, 24 pages.

1956

1 – January 1, 1956, 48 pages.

2 – January 16, 1956, 48 pages.

Supplement: ‘Joint Statement of the Government of the PRC and the Government of the German Democratic Republic’, December 25, 1955, 4 pages.

3 – February 1, 1956, 44 pages.

Supplement: ‘Chinese Foreign Ministry Statement on Sino-American Talks’, January 18, 1956, 4 pages.

Supplement: ‘Chinese Foreign Ministry Statement on Sino-American Talks’, January 24, 1956, 4 pages.

4 – February 16, 1956 [Issue itself not yet available.]

Supplement: ‘Political Report by Chou Enlai at the Second Session of the Second National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference’, 16 pages.

1957

14 – July 16, 1957. [Issue itself not yet available.]

Supplement: ‘Report on the Work of the Government’, by Chou En-lai, 40 pages. Delivered on June 26, 1957 at the Fourth Session of the First National People’s Congress.

16 – August 16, 1957, 44 pages.

 

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