The People's Republic of China

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface -- Foreword -- World Map -- Chronology -- Chapter 1. Historical Background on the People's Republic of China -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. Chinas Recent History Has Been Full of Turmoil / Judith Banister -- 2. Leader Mao Zedong Discusses the Peoples Communes of the Great Leap Forward / Mao Zedong -- 3. Unintended Famines and Other Catastrophes Resulted from China's Great Leap Forward / R. J. Rummel -- 4. Chinas Red Guards Make Their Aims and Tactics Known: Congress of the Red Guards of Universities and Colleges in Peking (Beijing) -- 5. Chinas Ethnic Minorities Suffered Greatly During the Cultural Revolution / Colin Mackerras -- 6. A Description of the Government Crackdown in Tiananmen Square: Amnesty International -- 7. Muslim Uighurs in Chinas Xinjiang Province Face Many Forms of Discrimination / Ross Terrill -- 8. One Way China Responds to Dissidents Is by Disappearing Them / Michael Wines -- Chapter 2. Controversies Surrounding the People's Republic of China -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. Mao's Great Leap Forward Killed 45 Million in Four Years / Arifa Akbar -- 2. China's Great Leap Forward Was Based on High Ideals but Had Unexpected Consequences / William Harms -- 3. The Cultural Revolution Continues to Cast a Dark Shadow over China / William A. Joseph -- 4. Chinese Leaders Learned from Both the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution / Zhao Huanxin, Zhou Wa -- 5. Ending the Demonstrations in Tiananmen Square Was Necessary / Chen Xitong -- 6. Some Chinese Generals Refused to Participate in the Tiananmen Square Crackdown / John Garnaut -- 7. Chinese and Minority Explanations of a Uighur Riot Vary / Ariana Eunjung Cha -- 8. The Chinese Governments Investment in Its Minority Population Is Appreciated by Some Minority Group Members / Xinhua -- 9. China Treats Dissidents Poorly / Gillian Wong -- 10. Chinas Human Rights Record Is Improving / Associated Press -- Chapter 3. Personal Narratives -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. Memories of a Political Prisoner from the Years of the Great Leap Forward / Zhang Xianliang -- 2. A Family Struggles During the Cultural Revolution / Yukui Liu -- 3. Returning to Tiananmen Square / Ma Jian -- 4. A Uighur Activist Recalls a Government Crackdown / Rebiya Kadeer -- Glossary -- Organizations to Contact -- List of Primary Source Documents -- For Further Research -- Index. Contributor Bio:  Hay, Jeff B01