Read Mao's Great Famine Online
Authors: Frank Dikötter
| 71 | Hunan, 15 March 1959, 141-1-1158, p. 152. |
| 72 | Guangdong, 25 Feb. 1961, 217-1-119, p. 57. |
| 73 | Hebei, 1962, 979-3-870, pp. 1–30. |
| 74 | Zhejiang, 29 Jan. 1961, J116-15-115, pp. 15 and 29. |
| 75 | Ibid., p. 52. |
| 76 | Guangdong, 25 Feb. 1961, 217-1-119, p. 58. |
Chapter 18: Industry
| 1 | Klochko, Soviet Scientist , pp. 85–6. |
| 2 | Guangdong, 1961, 218-2-320, pp. 26–31. |
| 3 | MfAA, Berlin, 7 June 1961, A6807, pp. 20–4. |
| 4 | MfAA, Berlin, 14 Nov. 1962, A6860, pp. 142–5. |
| 5 | Beijing, 31 July 1961, 1-5-371, pp. 5–10. |
| 6 | Guangdong, 1961, 218-2-320, pp. 26–31. |
| 7 | Klochko, Soviet Scientist , p. 91. |
| 8 | Neibu cankao , 25 Nov. 1960, p. 7. |
| 9 | Hunan, 21 Sept. 1961, 186-1-525, pp. 2–6. |
| 10 | Ibid. |
| 11 | Shanghai, 28 March 1959, B29-1-34, pp. 16–21. |
| 12 | Hunan, 5 May 1961, 141-1-1939, pp. 33–4. |
| 13 | Beijing, 26 June 1961, 2-13-89, pp. 14–15. |
| 14 | Hunan, 26 Dec. 1959 and 16 Jan. 1960, 163-1-1087, pp. 70–2 and 91–5. |
| 15 | Speech on 25 March 1959, Gansu, 19-18-494, p. 46. |
| 16 | Reports by He Long and Nie Rongzhen, Gansu, 13 Sept. 1960, 91-6-26, pp. 69–75. |
| 17 | Neibu cankao , 25 Nov. 1960, p. 9. |
| 18 | Nanjing, 2 Sept. 1960, 6001-1-73, pp. 12–15. |
| 19 | Guangzhou, 1960, 19-1-255, pp. 39–41; 11 Sept. 1961, 19-1-525, pp. 94–100. |
| 20 | Guangdong, 7 Aug. 1961, 219-2-319, pp. 17–31. |
| 21 | Beijing, 17 Jan. and 31 March 1959, 101-1-132, pp. 14–18 and 26–40. |
| 22 | Beijing, 29 March 1960, 101-1-138, p. 3. |
| 23 | Beijing, 24 March 1961, 1-28-28, p. 6. |
| 24 | Beijing, 28 Sept. 1961, 2-13-138, pp. 25–9. |
| 25 | Nanjing, 13 July and 22 Nov. 1960, 5065-3-395, pp. 7–19 and 35–52. |
| 26 | Nanjing, 13 July 1960, 5065-3-395, pp. 7–19. |
| 27 | Nanjing, 1961, 5065-3-443, pp. 51, 60 and 66. |
| 28 | Beijing, 31 July 1961, 1-5-371, pp. 5–10. |
| 29 | Nanjing, 15 Sept. 1961, 6001-3-328, pp. 25–8. |
| 30 | Nanjing, 1960, 4053-2-4, p. 98. These salaries were generally fixed; only in the winter of 1961–2 were fixed salaries replaced for a variety of compensation schemes, including pay by piece or a share of the profits; see Nanjing, 4 Dec. 1961, 4053-2-5, p. 1. |
| 31 | Nanjing, 15 Sept. 1961, 6001-2-329, pp. 30–1. |
| 32 | Beijing, 29 March 1960, 101-1-138, p. 4. |
| 33 | Nanjing, 1960, 4053-2-4, p. 93. |
| 34 | Hunan, 3 Sept. 1959, 141-1-1259, pp. 69–70. |
| 35 | Beijing, 30 July 1961, 1-5-371, p. 8. |
| 36 | Report from Ministry of Coal, Gansu, 91-18-193, 11 Sept. 1961, p. 71. |
| 37 | These were Quren, Nanling, Luojiadu and Lianyang; Guangdong, June 1960, 253-1-99, pp. 17–20. |
| 38 | Gansu, Feb. 1961, 91-18-200, p. 245. |
| 39 | Shanghai, Jan. 1961, A36-1-246, pp. 2–3. |
| 40 | Shanghai, Aug. 1961, B29-2-655, p. 92. |
| 41 | Guangdong, Aug. 1961, 219-2-319, pp. 31–56. |
Chapter 19: Trade
| 1 | Hunan, 13 Sept. and 7 Nov. 1960, 163-1-1083, pp. 83–5 and 95–7. |
| 2 | Shanghai, 11 Aug. 1960, B123-4-782, pp. 26–9. |
| 3 | Yunnan, 23 Oct. 1958, zhongfa (58) 1060, 2-1-3276, pp. 131–5. |
| 4 | Yunnan, 15 Oct. 1960, zhongfa (60) 841, 2-1-4246, pp. 103–8. |
| 5 | Shanghai, Aug. 1961, B29-2-655, p. 160; 20 April 1961, B29-2-980, p. 248. |
| 6 | Yunnan, 15 Oct. 1960, zhongfa (60) 841, 2-1-4246, pp. 103–8. |
| 7 | Yunnan, 3 Dec. 1960, zhongfa (60) 1109, 2-1-4246, pp. 117–19. |
| 8 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 1 Jan. 1960, 118-1378-13, p. 82. |
| 9 | Yunnan, 25 Oct. 1961, 2-1-4654, pp. 44–6. |
| 10 | Yunnan, 22 Sept. 1960, 2-1-4269, pp. 36–9. |
| 11 | Hunan, 3 Aug. 1959, 141-1-1259, p. 148. |
| 12 | MfAA, Berlin, 11 Dec. 1961, A6807, pp. 347–51. |
| 13 | Guangdong, Aug. 1961, 219-2-319, pp. 31–56. |
| 14 | Shanghai, May 1961, B29-2-940, p. 161. |
| 15 | On retailing and the material culture of pre-revolutionary China, see Frank Dikötter, Exotic Commodities: Modern Objects and Everyday Life in China , New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. |
| 16 | Klochko, Soviet Scientist , p. 53. |
| 17 | Nanjing, Nov. 1961, 5040-1-18, pp. 14–19 and 20–6. |
| 18 | Nanjing, 12 Jan. and 26 April 1959, 4003-1-167, pp. 22–4 and 36–8. |
| 19 | J. Dyer Ball, The Chinese at Home , London: Religious Tract Society, 1911, p. 240, quoted in Dikötter, Exotic Commodities , p. 63. |
| 20 | Guangzhou, 22 Aug. 1959, 16-1-13, pp. 56–7; Guangzhou, 20 July 1961, 97-8-173, p. 18. |
| 21 | Nanjing, 1 July 1959, 4003-1-167, pp. 39–46. |
| 22 | Neibu cankao , 2 Dec. 1960, p. 11. |
| 23 | Shanghai, 7 May 1961, A20-1-60, pp. 64–6. |
| 24 | Nanjing, 4 June 1959, 5003-3-722, pp. 77–81. |
| 25 | Neibu cankao , 23 Nov. 1960, pp. 15–16. |
| 26 | Neibu cankao , 5 May 1961, pp. 14–16. |
| 27 | Guangzhou, 27 March, 1 June and 6 July 1961, 97-8-173, pp. 45–6 and 52–3; 60-1-1, pp. 80 and 105–11. |
| 28 | Wuhan, 29 July 1959, 76-1-1210, p. 68. |
| 29 | Speech at Beidaihe, Gansu, 11 Aug. 1961, 91-18-561, p. 51. |
| 30 | Beijing, 26 June 1961, 2-13-89, pp. 2–3. |
| 31 | Beijing, 31 July 1961, 2-13-100, pp. 1–6. |
| 32 | Nanjing, Nov. 1961, 5040-1-18, pp. 14–19 and 20–6. |
| 33 | Neibu cankao , 10 Aug. 1960, pp. 13–15. |
| 34 | Beijing, 28 March 1961, 1-28-28, pp. 9–11. |
| 35 | Shanghai, 31 July 1961, A20-1-55, pp. 23–9. |
| 36 | Interview with Lao Tian, born 1930s, Xushui, Hebei, Sept. 2006. |
Chapter 20: Housing
| 1 | Shen Bo, ‘Huiyi Peng Zhen tongzhi guanyu renmin dahuitang deng “shida jianzhu” de sheji de jiaodao’ (Remembering comrade Peng Zhen’s directions concerning the design of the Great Hall of the People and the ten great edifices), Chengjian dang’an , no. 4 (2005), pp. 10–11. |
| 2 | Wu Hung, Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space , London: Reaktion Books, 2005, p. 24. |
| 3 | ‘Ten red years’, Time , 5 Oct. 1959. |
| 4 | Xie Yinming and Qu Wanlin, ‘Shei baohule gugong’ (Who protected the Imperial Palace), Dang de wenxian , no. 5 (2006), pp. 70–5. |
| 5 | PRO, London, 15 Nov. 1959, FO371-133462. |
| 6 | PRO, London, 23 July 1959, FO371-141276. |
| 7 | Beijing, 27 Dec. 1958 and 2 Feb. 1959, 2-11-128, pp. 1–3 and 8–14. |
| 8 | Hunan, 21 Jan. 1959, 141-2-104. |
| 9 | Gansu, 9 Jan. 1961, 91-18-200, pp. 18–19. |
| 10 | Gansu, 22 Feb. 1961, 91-18-200, pp. 256–8. |
| 11 | Hunan, 3 and 14 April 1961, 151-1-24, pp. 1–13 and 59–68. |