The Death of Mao: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Birth of the New China
by:
James Palmer (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571244003 (0571244009)
ASIN: 571244009
Publish date: January 3rd 2013
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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BLURB: When an earthquake of historic magnitude leveled the industrial city of Tangshan in the summer of 1976, killing more than a half-million people, China was already gripped by widespread social unrest. As Mao lay on his deathbed, the public mourned the death of popular premier Zhou Enlai. Anger...
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