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The Politics of Local Models, Social Transformation and State Power Struggles in the People's Republic of China: Tachai and Teng Hsiao-p'ing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Edward Friedman
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What was the role of Tachai, Mao Tse-tung's model village meant for emulation in agriculture, in the 1975–76 struggle towards national power of the Chiang Ch'ing group? In getting the facts straight on this matter, I will throw light on some facets of local and national political power in China. I will especially highlight the question of the extent to which ruling groups at the state centre have a somewhat independent basis for more or less autonomous action.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 76 , December 1978 , pp. 873 - 890
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1978

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