The Capitalist Dilemma in China's Cultural Revolution
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The Capitalist Dilemma in China's Cultural Revolution

  1. 342 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Capitalist Dilemma in China's Cultural Revolution

About this book

How can capitalists' motivations during a Communist revolution be reliably documented and fully understood? Up to now, the answer to this question has generally eluded scholars who, for lack of nonofficial sources, have fallen back on Communist governments' official explanations. But the essays in this volume confirm that, at least in the case of the Communist revolution in China, it is finally possible to make new and fresh interpretations. By focusing closely on individuals and probing deeply into their thinking and experience, the authors of these essays have discovered a wide range of reasons for why Chinese capitalists did or did not choose to live and work under communism. The contributors to this volume have all concentrated on the dilemma for capitalists in China's Communist revolution. But their approach to their subject through archival research and rigorous analysis may also serve as a guide for future thinking about a variety of other historical figures. This approach is well worth adopting to explain how any members of society (not only capitalists) have resolved comparable dilemmas in all revolutions—the ones in China, Russia, Vietnam, Cuba, or anywhere else.

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Table of contents

  1. Half-Title Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents vii-viii
  6. Acknowledgments ix
  7. Note on Romanization xi
  8. 01 Introduction 1-17
  9. Part One: Capitalists Who Left China 19
  10. 02 Shotgun Wedding 21-43
  11. 03 Avoiding Isolation by the Revolution 45-64
  12. 04 Think It Through Three Times 67-86
  13. Part Two: Capitalists Who Stayed in China 87
  14. 05 Janus-Faced Capitalism 89-114
  15. Appendix 5.1 115-118
  16. 06 Venture Communist 119-147
  17. Part Three: Capitalists Who Returned to China 149
  18. 07 Zhou Zuomin and the Jincheng Bank 151-174
  19. 08 Wu Yunchu and the Fate of the Bourgeoisie and the Bourgeois Lifestyles Under Communism 175-201
  20. 09 The Hong Kong-South China Financial Nexus 203-224
  21. Part Four: Capitalists Who Remained Abroad 225
  22. 10 Withstanding Communism 227-249
  23. 11 Deciding Whether to Return to Taiwan 251-270
  24. 12 Professional Managers at Political Crossroads 271-297
  25. Glossary 299-310
  26. Index 311-319
  27. Contributors 321
  28. Cornell East Asia Series