Contents
Preface
Mao Zedong and His Era
Four gunshots and the fate of China / 2
From“Old China”to“New China” / 7
Why did he become the soul of the era? / 10
Before the mission of the times / 12
Roads, dreams, and legends / 17
Chapter One
Historical Questions and Answers
“Grand unity is great strength” / 22
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” / 28
“It takes a great party to guide a great revolution” / 37
The will of the people trumps everything / 41
Chapter Two
What Was “New” About New China?
New image of national independence / 51
New look of people’s liberation / 56
New situation of national unity / 63
Chapter Three
Entering Socialism
It is only a matter of time before we build socialism / 74
Why set the clock forward? / 78
A road of peaceful transformation / 86
Chapter Four
Breakthroughs in the Cold War Context
Siding with the Soviet Union / 98
Strike first to spare being stricken a hundred times / 103
Tearing apart the trade blockade / 108
Two international conferences, one Chinese approach / 113
Chapter Five
Top-Level Design
Why 1956? / 124
Clarifying the“Ten Major Relationships” / 128
A grand meeting and a new route / 133
Judgments and choices during an“eventful year” / 137
Chapter Six
Periods of Planning
How was the economic plan compiled? / 148
Food, clothing and daily necessities for the people / 155
“Do not rush the construction of socialism” / 160
From development strategy to economic layout / 169
Chapter Seven
Policy Toward Intellectuals
Originally“intellectuals” / 178
Solidarity, education and transformation / 185
Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend / 193
Winning the battle of science and technology / 200
Chapter Eight
Transforming Social Traditions
Removing“malignant tumors”and old customs / 212
The new social customs / 218
A dualistic structure of rural and urban areas / 224
The spirit of the times / 231
Chapter Nine
National Governance
Break the“cycle of history” / 241
How were the“nation’s leaders”tempered? / 248
“A game of chess, and a bamboo pole” / 254
On the Cultural Revolution / 260
Chapter Ten
New Role in the International Arena
Deterioration of Sino-Soviet relations / 268
Friends in the“intermediate zones” / 272
A handshake across the Pacific / 278
Back to the UN / 284
Postscript / 290
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