Some reflections on the experience of Shanghai capitalists after 1949 prompted by the ‘Notice to Merchants and Intellectuals’ that Mao issued after taking Changting in 1929. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., <a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'>Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930</a> Yao Wenyuan, <a href='https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1975/PR1975-10a.htm'>“On the Social Basis of the Lin Piao Anti-Party Clique”</a> (for heavenly horses reference) David Apter and Tony Saich, <a href='https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674767805'>Revolutionary Discourse in Mao’s Republic</a> Lynn White, <a href='https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691637488/policies-of-chaos'>Policies of Chaos: The Organizational Causes of Violence in China’s Cultural Revolution</a> David Barbosa, <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/obituaries/rong-yiren-a-chinese-billionaire-dies-at-89.html'>“Rong Yiren, a Chinese Billionaire, Dies at 89”</a> Some names from this episode: Wu Zhongyi, Shanghai capitalist Rong Yiren, Shanghai capitalist<a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Some reflections on the experience of Shanghai capitalists after 1949 prompted by the ‘Notice to Merchants and Intellectuals’ that Mao issued after taking Changting in 1929.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Further reading:&lt;br/&gt;Stuart Schram, ed., &lt;a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao’s Road to Power&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 3: &lt;em&gt;From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Yao Wenyuan, &lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1975/PR1975-10a.htm'&gt;“On the Social Basis of the Lin Piao Anti-Party Clique”&lt;/a&gt; (for heavenly horses reference)&lt;br/&gt;David Apter and Tony Saich, &lt;a href='https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674767805'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Revolutionary Discourse in Mao’s Republic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Lynn White, &lt;a href='https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691637488/policies-of-chaos'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Policies of Chaos: The Organizational Causes of Violence in China’s Cultural Revolution&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;David Barbosa, &lt;a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/obituaries/rong-yiren-a-chinese-billionaire-dies-at-89.html'&gt;“Rong Yiren, a Chinese Billionaire, Dies at 89”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Some names from this episode:&lt;br/&gt;Wu Zhongyi, Shanghai capitalist&lt;br/&gt;Rong Yiren, Shanghai capitalist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Some reflections on the experience of Shanghai capitalists after 1949 prompted by the ‘Notice to Merchants and Intellectuals’ that Mao issued after taking Changting in 1929.Further reading:Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930Yao Wenyuan, “On the Social Basis of the Lin Piao Anti-Party Clique” (for heavenly horses reference)David Apter and Tony Saich, Revolutionary Discourse in Mao’s Republic...

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