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Background on Society and Economy in the Jinggang Mountains
Season 1 Episode 63
With particular emphasis on the geographical divisions between valleys and mountainsides, and ethnic divisions between Han and Hakka.
Further reading:…
4 years, 9 months ago
Entering the Jinggangshan: The Sanwan Reorganization of the People’s Army
Season 1 Episode 62
As Mao’s troops arrive in the Jinggangshan region, a revolutionary reorganization of the people’s army is begun. Also, a tangent on Mao’s leadership …
4 years, 9 months ago
The Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hunan
Season 1 Episode 61
The first days of Mao Zedong’s long career of armed struggle.
Further reading:
Marcia Ristaino, China’s Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of Disconte…
4 years, 9 months ago
Planning the Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hunan
Season 1 Episode 60
Mao doesn’t budge on his military line in the face of pressure from the Party Center, and then gets arrested.
Further reading:
Marcia Ristaino, China’s…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hubei
Season 1 Episode 59
The planning and execution of the Autumn Harvest Uprising in southern Hubei province.
Further reading:
Marcia Ristaino, China’s Art of Revolution: The …
4 years, 9 months ago
The “Tender-Hearted Communist:” Qu Qiubai
Season 1 Episode 58
Background on Qu Qiubai before he became Communist leader in 1927.
Further reading:
Tsi-an Hsia, The Gate of Darkness: Studies on the Leftist Literary …
4 years, 10 months ago
Army or Militia? Mao and the Politburo Diverge on Military Policy for the Autumn Harvest Uprising
Season 1 Episode 57
Mao takes a critical position on the military line pursued by the Comintern and the Politburo. Also, the issue of scapegoating individuals as a way o…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Decisive Turn to Overthrowing the Guomindang: The 7 August 1927 Emergency Conference
Season 1 Episode 56
The new policy of mass uprisings against the Guomindang is decided upon, and Mao’s comments at the meeting stand out for their epistemology.
Further r…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Nanchang Uprising (August 1, 1927)
Season 1 Episode 55
The mutiny that founded the Chinese Red Army.
Further reading:
Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party
Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Ro…
5 years ago
The End of the United Front (June to July 1927)
Season 1 Episode 54
As the Wuhan regime collapses, so does the united front. Soviet advisors leave China, Chinese Communists go underground. The purge strikes Wuhan.
Furt…
5 years, 1 month ago