Liu Shaoqi: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Donald W. Klein and Anne B. Clark, Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism, 1921–1965 (1971), is a monumental two-volume set that gives an excellent discussion of Liu’s life; Liu Shaoqi, The Collected Works of Liu Shao-ch’i [Liu Shaoqi], 3 vol. (1968–69), is an anthology of Liu’s major statements; “Fifth Plenary Session of 11th C.C.P. Central Committee,” Beijing Review, No. 10 (March 10, 1980), pp. 3–10, documents official rehabilitation measures. A more recent study is Lowell Dittmer, Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, rev. ed. (1998).

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