Tag Archives: Mao Zedong Thought

Yu Ruxin: Through the Storm – The PLA in the Cultural Revolution (Excerpt) I

Posted on 02/11/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Joseph Torigian’s interview with “Through the Storm: the PLA in the Cultural Revolution” author Yu Ruixin I found particularly interesting for Yu’s discussion of the difficulties of doing research on the history of the Chinese Communist Party and of even … Continue reading →

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2007: Red Flag and Preparing the Ideological Ground for the Cultural Revolution

Posted on 01/12/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The Cultural Revolution can be thought of as Mao’s revolt against the Communist Party apparatus after Mao himself was marginalized after the famine and other disasters that followed the Great Leap Forward campaign that he initiated in the late 1950s.  … Continue reading →

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1978: Hu Fuming’s “Practice is the Sole Criterion of Truth” and his Retrospective

Posted on 01/03/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Nice interview with Hu Fuming, lead drafter of the historic 1978 Guangming Ribao commentary “Practice is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth” pointing out Mao and Party aren’t necessarily always right. What a heretical thought! During the early post-Mao days after … Continue reading →

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