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When Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, united front work was already a permanent part of China’s political system.

Xi Jinping and the Global Expansion of United Front Work

When Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, united front work was already a permanent part of China’s politi...

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

This made me stop and think.

Deng Xiaoping Rebuilds the United Front

When Deng Xiaoping emerged as China’s dominant leader after Mao Zedong’s death, he inherited a political system damaged by the Cultural Revolut...

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

Interesting breakdown worth sitting with.

The Cultural Revolution and the Destruction of the United Front

The Chinese Communist Party built the united front to manage political difference.

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When the Chinese Communist Party founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, it inherited a society containing millions of people who had never belonged to the Communist movement.

From Cooperation to Control: United Front Work in the Mao Era

When the Chinese Communist Party founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, it inherited a society containing millions of people who had nev...

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

When Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the new government was presented not simply as the creation of the Chinese Communist Party but as the product of a broad national coalition.

The United Front and the Founding of the People’s Republic of China

When Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the new government was presented not simply as the creation of the ...

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

When Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the new government was presented not simply as the creation of the Chinese Communist Party but as the product of a broad national coalition.

The United Front and the Founding of the People’s Republic of China

When Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the new government was presented not simply as the creation of the ...

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the Chinese Communist Party was no longer the isolated revolutionary movement that had nearly been destroyed two decades earlier.

How the CCP Used Coalition Politics to Win the Chinese Civil War

When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the Chinese Communist Party was no longer the isolated revolutionary movement that had nearly been destroyed...

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

Here's something that stuck with me today.

Mao’s Three Magic Weapons: How the Chinese Communist Party Built Revolutionary Power

In October 1939, Mao Zedong identified three instruments that he believed explained the Chinese Communist Party’s survival and growing strength:

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

The Second United Front and the War Against Japan

The Second United Front was an alliance between two enemies who understood that neither could afford to ignore a greater danger.

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The First United Front: The CCP, Kuomintang, and the Road to 1927

The First United Front was one of the most consequential political alliances in modern Chinese history.

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

Here's something that stuck with me today.

The First United Front: The CCP, Kuomintang, and the Road to 1927

The First United Front was one of the most consequential political alliances in modern Chinese history.

SamuelGabrielSG 1 month ago

China’s united front system did not begin as a government department, an overseas influence network, or a method for administering religious and ethnic organizations.