Tensions come to a head between Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei and General Kuibyshev, as a Soviet plot backfires spectacularly. Further Reading:C. … [Read more...] about Episode 36: The March 1926 Zhongshan Gunboat Incident: Coup and Countercoup in the Pearl River Delta
Episode 35: From Quaker Peace Activist to Maoist Revolutionary: An Oral History of Personal Transformation from a 1971 American Delegation to China
An oral history interview with Monica Shay (née Newbold, aka Kathryn) about her experience in China in 1971-72. Some names from this … [Read more...] about Episode 35: From Quaker Peace Activist to Maoist Revolutionary: An Oral History of Personal Transformation from a 1971 American Delegation to China
Episode 34: Bonus: New China Song by Prairie Fire
The song "New China" by the band Prairie Fire, from the 1976 album Break the Chains. This song will be referenced in our next episode. Listen now: … [Read more...] about Episode 34: Bonus: New China Song by Prairie Fire
Episode 33: The Beginning of Maoism: Mao Zedong’s “Analysis of All the Classes in Chinese Society”
Mao’s first major statement on the need for a strategic reorientation toward mobilizing the peasantry. Further Reading:Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s … [Read more...] about Episode 33: The Beginning of Maoism: Mao Zedong’s “Analysis of All the Classes in Chinese Society”
Episode 32: Propaganda, Criticism and Corruption: Mao as Propagandist and Disciplinarian (October 1925 to early 1926)
Mao as acting head of propaganda for the Guomindang. Further Reading:C. Martin Wilbur and Julie Lien-ying How, Missionaries of Revolution: Soviet … [Read more...] about Episode 32: Propaganda, Criticism and Corruption: Mao as Propagandist and Disciplinarian (October 1925 to early 1926)
Episode 31: Strike, Assassination and War: The Revolution/Counter-Revolution Dialectic in Guangdong in the Second Half of 1925
The Hong Kong strike, the assassination of Liao Zhongkai, and the Second Eastern Expedition. Further Reading:C. Martin Wilbur and Julie Lien-ying … [Read more...] about Episode 31: Strike, Assassination and War: The Revolution/Counter-Revolution Dialectic in Guangdong in the Second Half of 1925
Episode 30: Guangdong Spring 1925: Revolutionary Warfare Erupts and Workers Shut Down Hong Kong
The National Revolutionary Army battles the warlords for supremacy in Guangdong, while the British and French escalate tensions by massacring … [Read more...] about Episode 30: Guangdong Spring 1925: Revolutionary Warfare Erupts and Workers Shut Down Hong Kong
Episode 29: The Soviet Military Alliance with the Guomindang, and the Creation of the National Revolutionary Army
The first year of the Soviet military alliance with the Guomindang, including the creation of the Whampoa Military Academy, the formation of the … [Read more...] about Episode 29: The Soviet Military Alliance with the Guomindang, and the Creation of the National Revolutionary Army
Episode 28: Peasant Revolution?: An Exhausted Mao Rediscovers His Roots
Mao gets sick of all the BS in Shanghai and returns to his hometown of Shaoshan, where he discovers a militant peasantry. Further Reading:Stuart … [Read more...] about Episode 28: Peasant Revolution?: An Exhausted Mao Rediscovers His Roots
Episode 27: Gonzalo in the Middle Kingdom: What Abimael Guzmán Tells Us in His Three Discussions of His Two Trips to China
A podcast version of a recently published article which discusses what the leader of Peru's Shining Path, Abimael Guzmán, has to say about the time he … [Read more...] about Episode 27: Gonzalo in the Middle Kingdom: What Abimael Guzmán Tells Us in His Three Discussions of His Two Trips to China