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Revolution and Counter-Revolution: China's Continuing Class Struggle Since Liberation
Revolution and Counterrevolution is a collection of essays, written over a period of two decades. In this book, Pao-yu Ching examines the class struggle between the revolutionary and counterrevolutionary forces in China that has been waged continuously since its liberation.
The class struggle in China—through the socialist construction, mass movements culminating in the Cultural Revolution, and finally the capitalist Reform—has been sharp and has touched every aspect of Chinese society.
Ching describes and analyzes how, in the decades following the Reform, the struggle waged by workers, peasants, and progressive intellectuals against the exploitation and oppression perpetrated by capitalists inside and outside the Party has intensified and explains the importance of this ongoing struggle.
The class struggle in China—through the socialist construction, mass movements culminating in the Cultural Revolution, and finally the capitalist Reform—has been sharp and has touched every aspect of Chinese society.
Ching describes and analyzes how, in the decades following the Reform, the struggle waged by workers, peasants, and progressive intellectuals against the exploitation and oppression perpetrated by capitalists inside and outside the Party has intensified and explains the importance of this ongoing struggle.
436 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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Pao-Yu Ching
6 books28 followersPao-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.
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July 16, 2017
A must-read!
February 22, 2026
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.
December 13, 2025
Hu Jintao era criticism of Deng Xiaoping
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