1949-1976

Examines the leaders, problems, controversies, and political, economic, social, and cultural events in China from 1949 to 1976.

A biography of the Chinese Communist leader stressing his influence on the history and culture of modern China.

Between 1958 and 1962, Mao Zedong threw China into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up with, and overtake, Britain economically, and in many other ways, in less than fifteen years. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known with the deaths of at least 45 million people. This is the chronicle of an era in Chinese history much speculated about but never before fully documented. Before more recent open laws were passed, access to Communist Party archives had been restricted to all but the most trusted historians. This account recasts the history of the People's Republic of China.

Chronicles the life of Chinese premier Zhou Enlai, the last Communist Party leader in China, focusing on his influence over the Chinese people and politics during his twenty-seven years in power.

Emily Wu recounts the nineteen years she spent growing up in the midst of China's chaotic Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, describing the changes her family went through and how they shaped her adult life.

Describes life in Peking, China, as experienced by the author who lived in the ancient city for two years before and after the 1948 Communist Revolution as an English teacher and husband of the daughter of a high Chinese official.

Explores the relationship between China and the United States during the 1970s and Richard Nixon's historic 1972 trip to China and meeting with Mao Tse-tung that opened the doors between the new nations.