BOOK PUBLISHING IN COMMUNIST CHINA

Abstract

A general study was made of the organization of the book publishing industry in Communist China. First the paper reviews briefly the private industry of publishing in pre-Communist China. Next the Communist nationalization of the publishing enterprise is described. Then the author discusses the publishing of the following categories of books: works of Mao Tse- tung and other Chinese Communist leaders, belles lettres (modern and classical), history and economics, science and technology, dictionaries, popular reading materials, children's readers and specially designed books for the minority races in China. The author also discusses briefly China's translation of books from foreign countries, especially the Soviet Union and China's export of books to foreign lands. Finally the author discusses the general reading preferences among the Chinese public today and notes the popularity of classical literature. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0651563

Entities

People

  • Alan P. Liu

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Dictionaries
  • East Germany
  • Economics
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Materials
  • Minority Groups
  • Money
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Translations
  • Urban Areas
  • Ussr

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Library and Information Science
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies