Politics and Purges in China

Drawing upon released documents, memoirs and party-history works, the process and impact of the political campaigns in China between 1950 and 1965 is documented. Complete with extensive interviews with Chinese scholars and former officials, the book reviews the findings of the first edition. Introduction to the First Edition; Part 1 Doctrine, Methods and Historical Development; Chapter 1 Rectification Doctrine; Chapter 2 The Rectification Process: Methods, Sanctions and Effectiveness; Chapter 3 The Origins of Rectification; Part 2 Rectification According to the Norms, 1950–1957; Chapter 4 Rectification and the Consolidation of Power, 1950–1953; Chapter 5 The Purge of Gao Gang and Rao Shushi; Chapter 6 The Hundred Flowers Experiment; Chapter 7 The Anti-Rightist Campaign; Part 3 The Norms Under Stress: Rectification and Purging, 1957–1965; Chapter 8 Rectification and the Great Leap Forward; Chapter 9 The Dismissal of Peng Dehuai; Chapter 10 Rectification and “Verdict Reversal” during the Crisis Years, 1960–1962; Chapter 11 Socialist Education, 1962–1965; concl Conclusion;