Revolution and Counter-Revolution: China's Continuing Class Struggle Since Liberation

New Roads #11

by Pao-Yu Ching

This book examines the class struggles between the revolutionary and counterrevolutionary forces in China, waged since its liberation. The class struggle in China - that went through the socialist construction, the Cultural Revolution, and the capitalist Reform - has been deep, and it has touched every aspect of Chinese society.

Dr. Pao-yu Ching demonstrates how, in the past decade, the struggle waged by workers, peasants and progressive intellectuals against the exploitation and oppression of the capitalists and state bureaucrats has intensified and will definitely continue into the future.

Genres: China, History, Nonfiction, Politics

335 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Pao-yu Ching is a Chinese-American Marxist–Leninist–Maoist economist and professor emerita of the Marygrove College. Her works focuses on the socialist transition in Modern China, regarding its economics but also the changes in society, culture and women's rights. She is noted for her critical analysis of the Chinese economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping.

Reviews

[Karlo Mikhail · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must-read!

[Mateo Herrera · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting book, but there’s often claims made without citations. Also - even though the author mentions this and encourages skipping sections - there is so so so so much repetition, especially in the first two chapters. There’s multiple lines and paragraphs that are just verbatim repeated in the book (often without citations). You could get the same information from just reading the entire third chapter instead of the entire book (I would recommend doing so). I really enjoyed the conclusion and the afterword, and the third and four chapters are definitely worth reading.

[Aaron Schuschu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hu Jintao era criticism of Deng Xiaoping