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A century of the Communist Party of China: the rise and fall of New Democracy
The CPC initially imposed a reforming, interim stage before socialism, where private business would provide the engine to break imperial domination and industrialise — but soon Cold War realities forced them push ahead, explain CARLOS MARTINEZ
IN the period of the Second United Front (1937-45), the Chinese communists won enormous prestige for their leadership of the national defence efforts and for their commitment to improving the lives of the population in the territories under CPC control.
The CPC’s headquarters in Yan’an became a pole of attraction for revolutionary and progressive youth throughout the country.
British academic Graham Hutchings writes, “Yan’an seemed to stand for a new type of society. Visitors, foreign and Chinese, found it brimming with purpose, equality and hope.
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