Battle for China's Past : Mao and the Cultural Revolution

CONTENTS
History as doctored by the doctor and his US mentors:
a critical analysis 107
Conclusion: history what history? 115
7. Challenging the hegemony: contrary narratives in
the e-media (I) – Mao and the Cultural Revolution 117
Introduction: emerging contrary narratives 117
Media effect, public space and e-media 118
Ma Yinchu, population control and elite attitudes 120
The credibility of Li Rui 121
Challenging the late-Mao thesis 123
Challenging Jung Chang and Jon Halliday 125
Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping and the Great Leap Forward 126
Debates on issues related to the Cultural Revolution 128
Disagreement between Mao and Liu Shaoqi:
the two-line struggle thesis 128
Other unofficial views of the Cultural Revolution 132
Sea change of attitudes 133
Wang Xizhe the dissident 134
Kong Qingdong and the cowshed 134
Memoirs of different narratives 135
Challenging Wang Youqin 135
Conclusion: the question of truth 136
8. Challenging the hegemony: contrary narratives in the
e-media (II) – the Mao era 137
Introduction: history in socioeconomic context 137
The state of the economy in the Mao era and during the
Cultural Revolution 137
Manufacturing truth 147
Signs of a re-evaluation of Jiang Qing 148
The issues of health care and education 151
A re-evaluation of Kang Sheng? 154
The Chinese themselves say so 155
Manufacturing truth and e-media counter-action 155
The legacy of Mao and the e-media 156
Conclusion: voices from the bottom for a battle that
has just begun 157
9. The problem of the rural–urban divide in pursuit of
modernity: values and attitudes 159
Introduction: the year 2003 159
The rise of China, but the risk of collapse 159
The urban–rural divide 160
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