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Mao is the attributed author of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, known in the West as the "Little Red Book" and in Cultural Revolution China as the "Red Treasure Book" (紅寶書). First published in January 1964, this is a collection of short extracts from his many speeches and articles (most found in the Selected Works), edited by Lin ...
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy is an English-language book on international relations by Henry Kissinger, published by Penguin Books on April 28, 2022. The book reflects Kissinger's views on effective leadership, [1] presenting a treatise on governance and political leaders through six exemplary individuals from the 20th century, including Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle ...
China Year: President Republic of China (Taiwan) President People's Republic of China (Mainland China) 1949 Li Zongren (acting): Mao Zedong (Paramount leader: Himself) 1950
In the Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian's account of the origins of the House of Ying states that Fei the Great was the son of Ye the Great and Lady Hua. [2] His father is given as Gao Yao, but this seems to have been a mistake of various scholars in reading the original sources. He was eventually titled Boyi or Count Yi. [2]
Mao describes different types of guerrilla units. [1] Some are formed from the masses without any detailed direction from the top. [1] These units are critical to successful insurgency. Guerrilla units should learn to be independent of higher leadership because they may need to function without it.
Deng Xiaoping, who emerged as China's top leader in December 1978, as a result of the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, was the most powerful of the group, but his power was never absolute, and he had to consult and make compromises with the other seven Elders, of whom the most prominent were Chen Yun and Li Xiannian ...
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine is a book about the Great Chinese Famine by British author Jasper Becker, the former Beijing bureau chief for the South China Morning Post. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Becker interviewed peasants in Henan Province and Anhui Province , both of which were significantly affected by the famine. [ 3 ]
The book is a general biography of Jiang with a more favorable stance towards him. "Bringing true story of China to the world". China Daily. 2 March 2005; Lam, Willy Wo-Lap. "The Era of Jiang Zemin"; Prentice Hall, Singapore: 1999. General Jiang-era background information and analysis, not comprehensive biography.