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Mao gets Kicked from Party Leadership, and Organizes a Land Reform in Western Fujian

Mao gets Kicked from Party Leadership, and Organizes a Land Reform in Western Fujian

Update: 2024-12-07
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The line struggle continues and does not go Mao’s way. Plus, comments on the historiography.

Further reading:
Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949
Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930
Joseph Fewsmith, Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934
Mao Zedong nianpu, 1893-1937 (毛泽东年谱)
Chen Jian, Zhou Enlai: A Life

Some names from this episode:
Liu Angong, special envoy sent by Party Center to the Fourth Red Army
Lin Biao, commander of the first column of the Fourth Red Army
Chen Yi, replaced Mao as secretary of the Front Committee
Zhou Enlai, head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee
Jiang Hua, secretary general of the political department of the Fourth Red Army

Episode artwork: photo of Jiang Hua

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Mao gets Kicked from Party Leadership, and Organizes a Land Reform in Western Fujian

Mao gets Kicked from Party Leadership, and Organizes a Land Reform in Western Fujian

Matthew Rothwell