Shanghai Tai Chi

The Art of Being Ruled in Mao's China

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Hanchao Lu provides a multi-dimensional portrait of daily life in Shanghai from the ‘liberation’ of the city by the People’s Liberation Army in 1949 to the death of Mao in 1976. By examining how ordinary people in Shanghai adapted to life under the new proletarian dictatorship and to what extent the city’s old cosmopolitanism survived, the study offers a fresh perspective on Mao’s China and its relevance today.

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