China's Cultural Revolution, 1966-69: Not a Dinner Party

438 Pages·1996·16.924 MB·English

by  Michael Schoenhals

(hinals (ultural
R,volution.
1966-1969
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AN 'AST GAT' R'AD'R
(hinals (ultural
Revolution.
1966-1969
NOTA
DINNER PARTY
Micha.1 Scho.nhals, 'ditor
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First published 1996 by M.E. Sharpe
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schoenhals, Michael.
China's Cultural Revolution, 1966--1969 : not a
dinner party / Michael Schoenhals, editor.
p. cm. -(East gate reader.)
"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56324-736-4 (hardcover: alk. paper).
ISBN 1-56324-737-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)
I. China-History--Cultural Revolution, I 966--1 969--Sources.
I. Title. II. Series.
DS778.7.S34 1996
951.05' 6---<lc20 96-12785
CIP
ISBN 13: 9781563247378 (Pbk)
ISBN 13: 9781563247361 (hbk)
For Xiaolin
The twentieth century is the century of socialism. From this gigantic
struggle among peoples will emerge nations that have shaken off the
yoke of a world rule of capitalist oppression.
-Joseph Goebbels, Das Reich, 20 April 1944
The fundamental problem to be solved by China's Great Proletarian
Cultural Revolution is the eradication of the social foundation of
revisionism, the prevention of the restoration of capitalism, and the
further consolidation of the ... socialist system in China.
-Kang Sheng, NCNA, 2 November 1966
Contents
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction XVll
Map ofC hina xix
(Photographs follow page 184)
Part I. Intentions and Means 1
A. Pronouncements by Members of the CCP Leadership 3
1 "Just a Few Words"
MaoZedong 5
2 "Why a Cultural Revolution?"
Lin Biao 9
3 "Mao Zedong Thought Is the Sole Criterion of Truth"
Zhou Enlai 27
B. Official Policy 29
4 Decision Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
CCP Central Committee 33
5 In Praise of the Red Guards
Red Flag Commentator 43
6 Regulations Forbidding the Use of Military Force to Suppress
the Revolutionary Student Movement
PLA General Staffa nd General Political Department 48
7 Regulations on Strengthening Public Security Work in the
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
CCP Center and State Council 49
8 Decision to Provide the Revolutionary Masses of the Left
with the Firm Support of the People's Liberation Army
CCP Center, State Council, Central Military Commission,
and Central Cultural Revolution Group 52
9 Public Notice Banning Nationwide Organizations
CCP Center and State Council 54
10 Public Notice Concerning Workers' Organizations
CCP Center and State Council 55
11 "No Ethnic Mass Organizations"
CCP Center and Shaanxi Ankang District Committee 56
12 Letter to Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants and Cadres at All
Levels in Rural People's Communes All Over the Country
CCP Central Committee 58
13 On the Revolutionary "Three-in-One" Combination
Red Flag Editorial 59
14 Learn from the Liberation Army in Political Work
Anonymous 65
15 Notification Concerning the Resumption of Classes to Make
Revolution in Universities, Middle Schools, and Elementary
Schools
CCP Center, State Council, Central Military Commission,
and Central Cultural Revolution Group 75
16 Notification Concerning Work Assignments for University
Graduates in 1968
CCP Center, Central Cultural Revolution Group, State
Council, and Central Military Commission 77
17 Opinions and Questions Concerning the Reconsolidation,
Revitalization, and Rebuilding of the Party Organization
CCP Center and Central Cultural Revolution Group 81
18 Instructions on Cracking Down on Counter-Revolutionary
Destructive Activities
CCP Center 85
Part II. Effects and Consequences 91
C. Purging the Party 93
19. "Annihilate Every Renegade"
Nankai University "Weidong" Red Guards 95
20 Interrogation Record: Wang Guangmei
Qinghua University "Jinggangshan Regiment" Red Guards 101
21 On Case Examination Work
KangSheng 116
22 "Bo Yibo Has an Attitude Problem"
Wu Linquan and Peng Fei 122
D. Making Rebellion 137
23 Rebels in Shanghai
Far Eastern Economic Review Correspondent 141
24 As I Watched Zhou Tianxing and Lu Wen Sweep the Floor
Liu Tianzhang 146
25 On Hunger Strike to Protest Illegal Political Persecution
Kuai Dafu 147
26 "I Saw Chairman Mao!!!"
Bei Guancheng 148
27 "Dearest Chairman Mao: What Are You Doing?"
Wang Rongfen 149
28 Proletarian Dictatorship and Proletarian Extensive Democracy
Tan Houlan 150
29 An Open Letter to Comrade Lin Biao
YiUn Dixi 155
30 It's OK to Touch Your Soul
"The File" 162
31 "As We Watched Them Beat Him ..."
Eyewitnesses 166
32 Chinese Molestation of Diplomats
Lennart Petri 169
33 "Dear Parents, ... Don't Worry About Me!"
United Action Committee Red Guard 173