CONTENTS
Chapter I The Founding of the Communist Party of China and Its Involvement in the Great Revolution .............................................. 1
1. Various Forces Explore Ways to Rejuvenate China in Modern Times ..................................................................................... 1
2. The May 4th Movement and the Spread of Marxism in China ................................................................................................ 5
3. The Founding of the CPC and the Creation of the Platform of Democratic Revolution ................................................................ 13
4. The Rise of the First KMT-CPC Cooperation and the Climax of the Great Revolution .................................................................... 23
5. The Northern Expedition and the Worker and Peasant Movements ........................................................................................ 30
6. The End of KMT-CPC Cooperation and the Failure of the Great Revolution ........................................................................ 35
Chapter II The Agrarian Revolution .......................................................... 44
1. Combating the Reactionary Rule of the KMT with Armed Struggle ................................................................................. 44
2. Mao Zedong and a New Path for the Chinese Revolution ............. 50
3. The Red Army's Victory against KMT Encirclement and Suppression Campaigns and the Establishment of Rural Revolutionary Bases ......................................................................... 57
4. The September 18th Incident and the Central Red Army Starting the Long March .................................................................. 66
5. The Zunyi Meeting and the Triumph of the Red Army's Long March .......................................................................... 75
6. Fighting for a Chinese United Front against Japanese Aggression ......................................................................... 87
Chapter III The Mainstay of the Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression ................................................................. 94
1. The Formulation of the Party's Line of Resisting Japan on All Fronts and Strategy of Protracted War .................................... 94
2. Carrying out Guerrilla Warfare behind Enemy Lines and Maintaining the CPC's Independence and Initiative in the United Front ......................................................................... 101
3. Upholding the Principles of Resistance, Unity, and Progress .................................................................................... 108
4. Consolidating Resistance Base Areas and Carrying Forward the Democratic Resistance Movement ......................................... 118
5. Strengthening Party Building, Advancing the Adaption of Marxism to the Chinese Context, and Launching a Rectification Movement ................................................................. 127
6. The Seventh National Congress of the CPC, the Establishment of Mao Zedong Thought as the Guiding Ideology of the Party, and Final Victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression ....................................................................... 134
Chapter IV The Struggle for Nationwide Victory in the New-Democratic Revolution ........................................................ 144
1. Peace Negotiations in Chongqing and the Struggle for Peace and Democracy .............................................................. 144
2. Victory against the KMT's Offensive and the Formation of a Second Front ................................................................................. 151
3. The People's Liberation Army Shifts to the Strategic Offensive..... 156
4. Formulating and Implementing the Program for Nationwide Victory and Consolidating and Expanding the People's Democratic United Front ............................................................... 161
5. The Decisive Battles and the Downfall of the Reactionary KMT Regime .................................................................................... 168
6. The Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the CPC and Preparation for the Establishment of the New China ............................................................................ 178
Chapter V The Founding of the People's Republic of China and the Establishment of the Socialist System ................................ 188
1. The Founding of the People's Republic of China and the Consolidation of the Nascent Reign of the People ..................... 188
2. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Land System Reform, and Other Democratic Reforms ....................... 199
3. Restoration of the National Economy and the Expansion of Pursuits in Development ............................................................... 210
4. The Party's General Line for the Transitional Period and the Beginning of Large-Scale Planned Economic Development ...... 222
5. The Completion of Socialist Transformation and the Establishment of the Socialist System ................................... 228
Chapter VI Explorations and Setbacks in Socialist Development ..... 238
1. The Eighth National Congress of the CPC and a Strong Start to Chinese Socialist Development ....................................... 238
2. Arduous Explorations on the Socialist Road .................................. 246
3. Socialist Development amid Twists and Turns .............................. 264
Chapter VII A Turning Point in History and the Beginning of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics ............................................ 280
1. The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee: A Turning Point in History ........................................................... 281
2. Completing the Task of Setting Things Right................................. 291
3. Rural Reform, the Creation of Special Economic Zones, and the Beginning of Reform and Opening Up ......................... 297
4. The 12th National Party Congress and Full-Scale Socialist Modernization ................................................................................. 310
5. The 13th National Party Congress and the Establishment of the Party's Basic Line in the Primary Stage of Socialism ........... 328
6. Adjustments to the National Defense Strategy .............................. 335
7. Conception of One Country, Two Systems ..................................... 337
8. Adjustments to Foreign Policy ......................................................... 341
9. Weathering Political Disturbances and Completing Economic Rectification ..................................................................................... 344
10. Deng Xiaoping's Southern Talks .................................................... 357
Chapter VIII The Launch of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics into the 21st Century ............................................................................. 363
1. The 14th National Congress of the CPC and the Establishment of the Socialist Market Economy .................................................. 364
2. Stronger Macro Regulation and a Soft Landing for Economic Growth.............................................................................................. 370
3. The 15th National Congress of the CPC, Confirmation of Deng Xiaoping Theory as the Party's Guiding Ideology, and
Deeper Progress in Reform and Opening Up ............................. 373
4. The Formulation and Implementation of Cross-Century Development Strategies ................................................................. 386
