A concise history of the communist party of China

CONTENTS

Chapter I The Founding of the Communist Party of China and

Its Involvement in the Great Revolution .............................................. 1

1. Various Forces Explore Ways to Rejuvenate China in

Modern Times ..................................................................................... 1

2. The May 4th Movement and the Spread of Marxism

in China ................................................................................................ 5

3. The Founding of the CPC and the Creation of the Platform

of Democratic Revolution ................................................................ 13

4. The Rise of the First KMT-CPC Cooperation and the Climax

of the Great Revolution .................................................................... 23

5. The Northern Expedition and the Worker and Peasant

Movements ........................................................................................ 30

6. The End of KMT-CPC Cooperation and the Failure of

the Great Revolution ........................................................................ 35

Chapter II The Agrarian Revolution .......................................................... 44

1. Combating the Reactionary Rule of the KMT with

Armed Struggle ................................................................................. 44

2. Mao Zedong and a New Path for the Chinese Revolution ............. 50

3. The Red Army¡¯s Victory against KMT Encirclement and

Suppression Campaigns and the Establishment of Rural

Revolutionary Bases ......................................................................... 57

4. The September 18th Incident and the Central Red Army

Starting the Long March .................................................................. 66

5. The Zunyi Meeting and the Triumph of the Red

Army¡¯s Long March .......................................................................... 75

6. Fighting for a Chinese United Front against

Japanese Aggression ......................................................................... 87

Chapter III The Mainstay of the Chinese People¡¯s Resistance

against Japanese Aggression ................................................................. 94

1. The Formulation of the Party¡¯s Line of Resisting Japan on

All Fronts and Strategy of Protracted War .................................... 94

2. Carrying out Guerrilla Warfare behind Enemy Lines and

Maintaining the CPC¡¯s Independence and Initiative

in the United Front ......................................................................... 101

3. Upholding the Principles of Resistance, Unity,

and Progress .................................................................................... 108

4. Consolidating Resistance Base Areas and Carrying Forward

the Democratic Resistance Movement ......................................... 118

5. Strengthening Party Building, Advancing the Adaption

of Marxism to the Chinese Context, and Launching a

Rectification Movement ................................................................. 127

6. The Seventh National Congress of the CPC, the Establishment

of Mao Zedong Thought as the Guiding Ideology of

the Party, and Final Victory in the War of Resistance against

Japanese Aggression ....................................................................... 134

Chapter IV The Struggle for Nationwide Victory in

the New-Democratic Revolution ........................................................ 144

1. Peace Negotiations in Chongqing and the Struggle

for Peace and Democracy .............................................................. 144

2. Victory against the KMT¡¯s Offensive and the Formation of

a Second Front ................................................................................. 151

3. The People¡¯s Liberation Army Shifts to the Strategic Offensive..... 156

4. Formulating and Implementing the Program for Nationwide

Victory and Consolidating and Expanding the People¡¯s

Democratic United Front ............................................................... 161

5. The Decisive Battles and the Downfall of the Reactionary

KMT Regime .................................................................................... 168

6. The Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee

of the CPC and Preparation for the Establishment

of the New China ............................................................................ 178

Chapter V The Founding of the People¡¯s Republic of China

and the Establishment of the Socialist System ................................ 188

1. The Founding of the People¡¯s Republic of China and the

Consolidation of the Nascent Reign of the People ..................... 188

2. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Land

System Reform, and Other Democratic Reforms ....................... 199

3. Restoration of the National Economy and the Expansion of

Pursuits in Development ............................................................... 210

4. The Party¡¯s General Line for the Transitional Period and the

Beginning of Large-Scale Planned Economic Development ...... 222

5. The Completion of Socialist Transformation and

the Establishment of the Socialist System ................................... 228

Chapter VI Explorations and Setbacks in Socialist Development ..... 238

1. The Eighth National Congress of the CPC and a Strong

Start to Chinese Socialist Development ....................................... 238

2. Arduous Explorations on the Socialist Road .................................. 246

3. Socialist Development amid Twists and Turns .............................. 264

Chapter VII A Turning Point in History and the Beginning of

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics ............................................ 280

1. The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee:

A Turning Point in History ........................................................... 281

2. Completing the Task of Setting Things Right................................. 291

3. Rural Reform, the Creation of Special Economic Zones,

and the Beginning of Reform and Opening Up ......................... 297

4. The 12th National Party Congress and Full-Scale Socialist

Modernization ................................................................................. 310

5. The 13th National Party Congress and the Establishment of

the Party¡¯s Basic Line in the Primary Stage of Socialism ........... 328

6. Adjustments to the National Defense Strategy .............................. 335

7. Conception of One Country, Two Systems ..................................... 337

8. Adjustments to Foreign Policy ......................................................... 341

9. Weathering Political Disturbances and Completing Economic

Rectification ..................................................................................... 344

10. Deng Xiaoping¡¯s Southern Talks .................................................... 357

Chapter VIII The Launch of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

into the 21st Century ............................................................................. 363

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