The People's Republic of China
(Book)

Chapter 1. Historical background on the People's Republic of China. : China's recent history has been full of turmoil / Judith Banister : Leader Mao Zedong discusses the People's Communes of the Great Leap Forward / Mao Zedong ; Unintended famines and other catastrophes resulted from China's Great Leap Forward / R.J. Rummel ; China's Red Guards make their aims and tactics known / Congress of the Red Guards of Universities and Colleges in Peking (Beijing) ; China's ethnic minorities suffered greatly during the Cultural Revolution / Colin Mackerras ; A description of the government crackdown in Tiananmen Square / Amnesty International ; Muslim Uighurs in China's Xinjiang Province face many forms of discrimination / Ross Terrill ; One way China responds to dissidents is by "disappearing" them / Michael Wines --

Chapter 2. Controversies surrounding the People's Republic of China : Mao's Great Leap Forward "killed 45 million in four years" / Arifa Akbar ; China's Great Leap Forward was based on high ideals but had unexpected consequences / William Harms ; The Cultural Revolution continues to cast a dark shadow over China / William A. Joseph ; Chinese leaders learned from both the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution / Zhao Huanxin and Zhou Wa ; Ending the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square was necessary / Chen Xitong ; Some Chinese Generals refused to participate in the Tiananmen Square crackdown / John Garnaut ; Chinese and minority explanations of a Uighur riot vary / Ariana Eunjung Cha ; The Chinese government's investment in its minority population is appreciated by some minority group members / Xinhua ; China treats dissidents poorly / Gillian Wong ; China's human rights record is improving / Associated Press --

Chapter 3. Personal narratives : Memories of a political prisoner from the years of the Great Leap Forward / Zhang Xianliang ; A family struggles during the Cultural Revolution / Yukui Liu ; Returning to Tiananmen Square / Ma Jian ; A Uighur activist recalls a government crackdown / Rebiya Kadeer.