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US-China People’s Friendship Association (UCPFA)

The U.S.-China People’s Friendship Association was formed on a national basis in 1974, largely under the impetus of revolutionary-minded Americans who were enthusiastic about the Chinese Revolution and especially Mao’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution which had recently occurred in China. (The earlier regional organization, the New York U.S.-China People’s Friendship Association began in August 1971, and other regional groups also started from around that time forward.)

After Mao’s death, and during the following years as it gradually became more and more obvious that China was fast changing from a socialist country back into a capitalist one, the composition of the USCPFA qualitatively changed, and the tone of the political materials produced by it strongly shifted away from sympathy for world proletarian revolution and into apologetics for the new bourgeois regime in China. This is already apparent in some of the materials below from 1977-1979.

From 1974 until 1979 the USCPFA published a magazine called New China, which featured articles on Chinese revolutionary politics as well as many on Chinese culture. Beginning in 1981 it began publishing a new magazine, U.S.-China Review which of course has had a very different political line.

During the early more revolutionary-minded period, the USCPFA also issued a number of pamphlets on important political questions.

[The introduction (with the historical background) as well as all the material on this page were provided by the comrades at bannedthought. We thank them for their work.]

US-China People’s Friendship Association

In China, managers work!, text by the U.S.-China Friendship Association of the San Francisco Bay Area, with many well drawn cartoon illustrations and photographs, United Front Press (San Francisco), c. 1971, 24 pages.

The Taiwan Question: roadblock to friendship, USCPFA Pamphlet Series Number 1, August 1975, 16 pages.

Opium and China: New China kicked the habit, USCPFA Pamphlet Series Number 2, August 1975, 24 pages.

Chou En-lai: Conversations with Americans, by Bill Hinton, USCPFA China Series. [Not yet available.]

Black man in the New China, by John Oliver Killens, USCPFA China Reprint Series, August 1976, 24 pages.

Deep roots in two countries, by James Veneris, USCPFA China Reprint Series, 1977, 14 pages.

Down in the Kailan Mines — Chinese Workers: Past and Present, by Jack Chen and Janet Goldwasser, USCPFA China Reprint Series, n.d. (c. 1977), 24 pages.

From A-bombs to Agriculture, by Joan Hinton, USCPFA China Series. [Not yet available.]

Remembering Koji Ariyoshi, by Hugh Deane, USCPFA China Series. [Not yet available.]

Freedom Railway, by Martin Bailey, USCPFA China Reprint Series. [Not yet available.]

Americans talk about US-China relations, USCPFA China Reprint Series. [Not yet available.]

They all look so healthy! – an introduction to health care in the People’s Republic of China, USCPFA China Series Number 6, August 1978, 40 pages.

China and Indochina: The realities behind the headlines, pamphlet issued by the New York chapter of the USCPFA, March 8, 1979, 24 pages.

China and SALT II: Questions and Answers, Educational Pamphlet No. 1 of the New York chapter of the USCPFA, n.d. (but probably late 1979), 6 pages.

Refugees from Viet Nam: China’s View, Educational Pamphlet No. 2 of the New York chapter of the USCPFA, n.d. (but probably late 1979), 6 pages.

New China Magazine (1974-1979)

1974

Preliminary Concept Issue, 36 pages.

1975

Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1975), 48 pages.

Vol. 1, No. 2 (Summer 1978), 48 pages.

Vol. 1, No. 3 (Fall 1975), 48 pages.

1976

Vol. 1, No. 4 (January 1976), 48 pages.

Vol. 2, No. 1 (June 1976), 48 pages.

Vol. 2, No. 2 (September 1976), 48 pages.

Vol. 2, No. 3 (December 1976), 48 pages.

1977

Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 1977), 48 pages.

Vol. 3, No. 2 (Summer 1977), 48 pages.

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Fall 1977), 48 pages.

Vol. 3, No. 4 (Winter 1977), 36 pages. 1978 Calendar pull-out supplement with this issue, with very nice wood-block prints (pp. 19-26)

1978

Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring 1978), 48 pages.

Vol. 4, No. 2 (Summer 1978), 48 pages.

Vol. 4, No. 3 (Fall 1978), 48 pages.

Vol. 4, No. 4 (Winter 1978), 48 pages.

1979

Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 1979), 48 pages.

Other US- China friendship organisations

New York U.S.-China People’s Friendship Association (1971-1974)

China and US newsletter

Vol. 1, No. 1 (May 1972), 4 pages.

Miscellaneous materials

October 1st Celebration of the 24th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, mimeographed program from the 1973 meeting in New York City, 11 pages.

American Friends of China in Europe

China Report – bulletin of the AFCE

Vol. 1, No. 1 (January-February 1973), 4 pages.

Anglo-Chinese Educational Institute (ACEI)

Posted on 13/03/2023 by Michael

Long Live the triumph of Chairman Mao’s revolutionary line in literature and art

Anglo-Chinese Educational Institute (ACEI)

The Anglo-Chinese Education Institute was an organization which promoted the serious and sympathetic study of modern China, though its overall political perspective was never that of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. Its three Trustees as of 1972 were Joseph Needham, the famous scholar of the development of science and technology in Chinese history; Joan Robinson, a prominent liberal Keynesian economist with sympathies for Maoist economics; and Mary Adams.

We believe that the ACEI was either the same organization, or else closely associated with, the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU), which still exists. Like most other ‘China friendship organizations’ of that era, the political line of SACU has changed away from the serious revolutionary interest of the early years toward sympathy with the revisionist and then openly capitalist country that China turned into later.

The ACEI published a series of interesting pamphlets on modern China, a journal called China Now, and in other ways promoted the study of Chinese society.

[All these downloads, and the introduction, are taken from bannedthought. We thank them for their work.]

Modern China Series

China’s Economy, by Nicholas Brunner, Modern China Series No. 1. [Not yet available.]

Hand and brain in China and other essays, by Dr. Joseph Needham and others, Modern China Series No. 2, October 1971. Not available in the original ACEI pamphlet form, but available as a Far East Reporter reprint included here.

China’s social policy, by Isaac Ascher. Modern China Series No. 3, September 1972, 64 pages.

Economic management in China, by Joan Robinson. Modern China Series No. 4. There were 3 editions of this pamphlet, the first in 1972, the second in 1975, and the third in 1976. We do not yet have the 3rd edition available.

Education in China, by Peter Mauger, Sylvia Mauger, William Edmonds, Roland Berger, Patrick Daly, and Valerie Marett, Modern China Series No. 5, January 1974, 84 pages.

The women’s movement in China – a selection of readings (1949-1973), ed. by Elisabeth Croll, Modern China Series No. 6, 1974, 129 pages.

Introduction to China, by Innes Herdan, Modern China Series No. 7, 1976, 60 pages.

Health care in China, including ‘The mass line by Joshua Horn, and an ‘Annotated bibliography’ of books on health care in China, Modern China Series No. 8, 1976, 64 pages.

Reports from China – 1953-76, by Joan Robinson, 1977, 132 pages.

Mao Tse-tung, Marxist, by David Fernbach, January 1978, 31 pages.

China’s World View, Modern China Series No. 10, 1979, 115 pages. This volume promotes the views in foreign affairs of the capitalist roaders who seized power in a coup d’état after Mao’s death, and focuses especially on their so-called ‘Three Worlds Theory’.

Far Eastern Reporter – US/China solidarity magazine

Posted on 12/03/2023 by Michael

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Far East Reporter

From 1952 until her death at the age of 96 in 1989, Maud Russell published a magazine in New York City called the Far East Reporter. Actually, this was more like a long series of pamphlets, most of which were about revolutionary China in the Mao era. Some of them were written by Maud Russell herself, and others were written by different people, sometimes famous personalities. Many of these pamphlets remain of considerable interest today, though they are now increasingly difficult to find.

A predecessor publication to the Far East Reporter was the Far East Spotlight, published from about 1945 into the early 1950s by the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy, whose executive director was Maud Russell.

[The introduction, the description of the contents of the pamphlets as well as the scanning of the pdfs themselves are all the work of the comrades at bannedthought, to whom we offer our thanks.]

1983

The Kampuchean struggle for national survival: pertinent historical and current facts about Vietnam’s presence in Kampuchea, Thiounn Mumm, June 1983, 38 pages.

1978

Historical perspective: China and the Olympics, Phillip K. Shinnick, 32 pages, August 1978.

Answers to some question about cancer, mental illness, the handicapped, schistosomiasis, family planning, venereal disease and the application of the mass line in the People’s Republic of China, Han Suyin, Li Ping, a report by the American Cancer Society, Carl Ratner, Victor and Ruth Sidel, Julian Schuman and Dan Schwartz. 48 pages, February 1978.

1976

The mass line in the Chinese Revolution, Dr. Boon-Ngee Cham, 39 pages, August 1976.

Some observations on law in China, including: ‘Criminal justice in China’, George W. Crockett, Jr., and ‘People’s Courts in China’, Maud Russell. June 1976, 39 pages.

Back home in China, Lee Yu-Hwa, 24 pages, April 1976.

What about workers in China?, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty and Maud Russell, including a reissue of ‘Chinese factories are exciting places’ by Goldwasser and Dowty. 36 pages, January 1976.

1975

What about religion in China? Some answers for American Christians, Maud Russell, 25 pages, n.d. (but probably from 1975).

Taiwan prospect: does the United States want to get out?, Hugh Deane and Maud Russell, 32 pages, October 1975.

Marxism and the Cultural Revolution in China: a new kind of Revolution, Ruth Gamberg, 47 pages, March 1975.

1974

The making of the New Human Being in the People’s Republic of China, three articles by Dr. K. T. Fann, 48 pages, September 1974.

Chinese traditional medicine, conversations and observations by Rewi Alley and an old Chinese doctor, 24 pages, May 1974.

Building a Socialist educational system in China, includes 3 articles: ‘China’s Cultural Revolution in education’, by Rewi Alley; ‘Observations of an American Educational Consultant’, by Annie Stein; and, ‘The ongoing building of China’s Socialist Educational System’ (Hsinhua). 64 pages, February 1974.

1973

The New Human Being in the People’s Republic of China, includes 3 small articles: ‘Free to be human’, by Felix Greene; ‘Psychiatric treatment’, by Leigh Kagan; and, ‘Living together in a community’, by Lucilee Stewart Poo. 24 pages, April 1973.

Chinese factories are exciting places!, by Janet Goldwasser and Stuart Dowty, 24 pages, February 1973.

1972

The ‘Why?’ of Nixon’s trip to China, by Maud Russell. Includes the joint Chinese/U.S. communiqué of Feb. 27, 1972. Published c. July 1972, 64 pages.

Hand and brain in China, and other essays, a reprint of an Anglo-Chinese Educational Institute pamphlet which includes: ‘Hand and brain in China’, by Joseph Needham; ‘China’s economic policy’, by Joan Robinson; ‘The Open Door’, by Edgar Snow; and ‘China and the hungry world’, by Tim Raper. May 1972, 44 pages.

1971

Oceania – an outline for study, by Rewi Alley, 2nd edition, 82 pages. This pamphlet was independently published in New Zealand and was then also distributed to Far Eastern Reporter subscribers.

The People’s Republic of China approach to history’s heritage: of territorial and border aggressions and to current Revolutionary Movements, by Neville Maxwell, 16 pages, October 1971.

Ping pong serves! first-hand returns, quotes from reporters and visitors, 40 pages, August 1971.

An American soldier changes worlds: life in China of an ex-prisoner of war, 9 pages, May 1971.

The People’s Republic of China: On becoming 21 – Socialist World Power, by Maud Russell, March 1971, 40 pages.

China’s centuries of contributions to world science and technology, two articles by Joseph Needham and Maud Russell, 24 pages, January 1971.

1970

The liberation process for Japanese women, a book review by Maud Russell, 16 pages, Nov. 1970.

Education: a critique from China – pedagogical theory: bourgeois or Socialist?, 25 pages, July 1970.

Chinese women: liberated, by Maud Russell, 40 pages. n.d., but probably from around March 1970.

Revolution promotes production, by Maud Russell, n.d. (but probably from around March 1970), 24 pages.

1969

The Sino-Soviet Ussuri River border clash, by Maud Russell, 24 pages, n.d. (but appears to be from around April 1969).

United States Neo-Colonialism – grave digger in Asia, by Maud Russell, n.d. (but appears to be from around March 1969), 36 pages.

The rising National Liberation struggles of the peoples in a key area of Southeast Asia: coming events cast their shadows!, by Maud Russell, n.d. (but from early 1969), 28 pages.

1968

The ongoing Cultural Revolution in China, by Maud Russell, 28 pages, n.d. (but appears to be from around October 1968).

1967

China’s genuine democracy, including: ‘Among the communes of Mao Tien, by Rewi Alley and ‘Mass democracy in China’, by Israel Epstein. n.d. (but probably from 1967 or perhaps 1968), 20 pages.

China’s Socialism or India’s Neo-Colonialism: a development race and its outcome, by Curtis Ullerich, 16 pages, n.d. (but probably from late 1967).

The Great Proletarian Revolution and China’s economic health, by Maud Russell, n.d. (but from around August 1967), 32 pages.

The making of New Man: How the thinking of Mao Tse-tung helps a man look at himself and change himself, by Tuan Ping-li, 16 pages, April 1967.

Some background on China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, by Maud Russell, March 1967, 40 pages.

Chinese traditional medicine: an observation on acupuncture – a practitioner’s view, by Felix Mann, 16 pages, January 1967.

1966

Traditional medicine in Communist China: science, communism and cultural nationalism, by Ralph C. Croizier, 32 pages, n.d. (but probably 1966 or perhaps 1967).

The influence of the Thought of Mao Tse-tung, by Rewi Alley, n.d. (but probably from 1966), 16 pages.

Mass-line leaders and leadership in rural China, Chapter XVIII of the first years of Yangyi Commune by Isabel and David Crook, October 1966, 25 pages.

The process of urban and rural economy in China, includes ‘The role of the People’s Communes’ by Shirley Wood and ‘Self Reliance’ by David Crook, n.d. (but March 1966), 16 pages.

Seeing is believing, by an American POW in China, 12 pages, n.d. (but February 1966).

1965

The past in China’s present: a cultural, social, and philosophical background for contemporary China, by Joseph Needham, 40 pages, October 1965.

In Southeast Asia Today: The United States, Vietnam, China, Four Poems by Rewi Alley, 8 pages, September 1965.

Some observations on education, trade and the political process in China, by Dr. C. H. Geoffrey Oldham, J. Russell Love, and Anna Louise Strong. June 1965, 32 pages.

Some background on United States in Southeast Asia – Maphilindo, an article by Jose Maria Sison about the ‘Maphilindo concept, 8 pages, April 1965.

Letters from Friends in China, 20 pages, March 1965.

1964

Asians speak out on United States ‘Aid’ policy and programs, includes ‘US aid to Pakistan: an evaluation’, by Hamza Alavi, and ‘Why Cambodia rejected aid’, by Han Suyin. 20 pages, June 1964.

China speaks for herself: in interviews granted by Prime Minister Chou En-Lai to British, American, Pakistani and Japanese Newsmen, 20 pages, April 1964.

1963

Some facts about today’s Tibet, excerpts from ‘The truth about Tibet’, by Stuart and Roma Gelder, n.d. (but probably from late 1963), 16 pages.

China 1963 – food – medicine – People’s Communes, as seen by Rewi Alley, Dr. Wilder Penfield, David Crook and Anna Louise Strong, 36 pages, 1963.

The China-India conflict, 50 pages, n.d. (but almost certainly from early 1963).

1962

China facts for American readers: correcting popular tales, by Israel Epstein, Felix Greene and Rewy Alley, 20 pages, n.d. (probably 1962).

1961

Medicine and public health in the People’s Republic of China, by Maud Russell, 28 pages, n.d. (probably 1961).

China’s path to her new society, unsigned article, 17 pages, June 1961.

What about Christians in China? – the YWCA, as reported by a Canadian YWCA visitor, 20 pages, n.d. (probably 1961).

How the Chinese are conquering the food problem: letters from China, 22 pages, c. March 1961.

1960

Why do Chinese ‘refugees’ ‘escape’ to Hong Kong?, including ‘Is this a valid question?’, by Maud Russell, and ‘The letter Life would not print’, by Anna Louise Strong. 15 pages, n.d. (but probably from March or April 1960).

China … and India? and Indonesia? and Burma?, by Maud Russell, 65 pages, n.d. (but probably 1960).

1959

New people in New China: some personal glimpses of people in China”, by Maud Russell, 51 pages, n.d. (but probably 1959).

We build the Ming Tombs Dam, by Israel Epstein, 12 pages, n.d. (but very likely from 1959).

1956

Letters from China, from a variety of citizens and visitors, ed. by Maud Russell, 66 pages, n.d. (probably 1956).

China ‘Uncivilized’? Millenniums of achievement and contributions to the West, by Maud Russell, 22 pages, n.d. (probably 1956).

China News – how such News’ is made, by Julian Schuman, excerpts from his book Assignment China, 24 pages, n.d. (probably 1956).

1955

Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, adopted September 20, 1954, 36 pages, n.d. (but likely from 1955).

Far East Spotlight

Volume VI

1 – April-May, 1950: Focusing on the recent Chinese-Soviet Treaty, 28 pages.

National Council of American-Soviet Friendship

1951

American Policy in Asia, a talk presented by Maud Russell at an Educational Conference in New York City, October 27, 1951, 7 pages.