'… a very welcome and very readable contribution to broader debates on the Chinese Communist Party.' Carolin Kautz, Pacific Affairs
Introduction. Telling the story of the Chinese Communist Party; 1. 1920s: a Dutchman's fantasy: Henricus Sneevliet's united front for the Chinese Communist Party Tony Saich; 2. 1930s: Wang Ming's Wuhan moment: a brief flowering of popular front communism Hans J. van de Ven; 3. 1940s: Wang Shiwei's rectification: intellectuals and the party in yan'an Timothy Cheek; 4. 1950s: from fallen star to red star: Shangguan Yunzhu Zhang Jishun; 5. 1960s: Wang Guangmei and peach garden experience Elizabeth J. Perry; 6. 1970s: The death of Mao and life of Chairman Gonzalo Julia Lovell; 7. 1980s: Zhao Ziyang and the voices of reform Klaus Mühlhahn; 8. 1990s: Wang Yuanhua: a party intellectual reflects Xu Jilin; 9. 2000s: Jiang Zemin and the naughty Auties Jeremy Goldkorn; 10.2010s: Guo Meimei: the story of a young netizen portends a political throwback Guobin Yang; Afterword. The party and the world Philip Bowring; Index.