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Scope and Contents note
Title: Communist Chinese political movement collection
Date (bulk): 1951-1980
Collection Number: 2014C24
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Chinese
Physical Description:
33 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders, digital media
(16.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, investigation records, and judicial testimonies and decrees relating to political dissidence and prosecutions for
political offenses in post-1949 People's Republic of China. Includes digital copies of historical materials.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Access
Boxes FH1, FH10, and FH18 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for
research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material
in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2014.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Communist Chinese political movement collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives
Scope and Contents note
The Communist Chinese Party Political Movement 中国共产党政治运动 collection contains biographies, memoirs, investigation records,
confessions, and judicial testimony and decrees, relating to political dissidence and prosecutions for political offenses
in China from the 1950s to the 1970s, collected from various sources in China. It also features internal party documents from
key political campaigns and individual case files and dossiers from the early 1950s to the final years of the Mao era.
Although the collection is called the Communist Chinese Party Political Movement 中国共产党政治运动, the word 运动 yundong (movement),
which once occupied a prominent place in the political lexicon of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has become archaic in
the twenty-first century. Yet the the various movements launched by the CCP served the purposes of maintaining its political
legitimacy and the sense that Chinese society was moving toward a brighter future. With every political movement launched
at various stages of its rule after 1949, the CCP experienced significant transformation, along with the landscape of Chinese
politics, culture, and society.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Political crimes and offenses -- China
Dissenters -- China
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
Zhongguo gong chan dang