Factions in Communist China -- Around the Leadership of Mao.
Abstract
tThis is a translation of an article by Professor Thimia Kusano of Takushoku University, which appears in Toho (The East), No% 1, Tokyo, 1 January 1960, pp 17-2J %actionalism has long been considered a problem in Commnnist China and even now there are frequent discussions on this sub%ect. Intereet in this sub%ect has increased since the assumption of national leadership by Mao. Does a polarization of factions exist in Communist China which contain elements of crisis? I should like to discuss this problem briefly. What should first oall our attention are personal relations in their historjcal contextr. it is clear from the history of the Chinese Communist Party that during the establishment and the early phase of the history of the Party, it is proper to state that the Party was composed of Ch1en Tu-hsiu and his friends and followers, a party of university students, intellectuals, professors and other progressive, extremist upper strata, and intellectual elements only. Furthermore, no one who had studied in the Soviet Union or in the Army was in the Party, and labor and peasantry were -% +%% r'%,,r %T %+.iii\%nt.% a%d comtosed mainly of left-
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 11, 1960
- Accession Number
- ADA365095
Entities
People
- Fumio Kusano
Organizations
- Joint Publications Research Service