"This engaging book sketches an intimate portrait of the life of Wang Fucheng, an illiterate peasant who served for thirty years as Communist party secretary of an impoverished village on the north Ch
In the 1960s and 70s, the government of China conducted a rather unusual social experiment called ‘Up to the mountains and down to the village’ which sent urban youths to the countryside in an attempt
Offering a thoughtfully prepared resource for high school-level students and above and for general readers, this four-volume set focuses on various aspects of history, economy, political organization,
