10 Hospitality of the People’s Republic

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Editor’s Note xxv
5. General Introduction 1
6. 1 My Farewell to the People’s Republic of China 14
7. 2 My Revolutionary Youth 20
8. 3 My Meetings with Mussolini, Pierre Laval, Sir Samuel Hoare, Hjalmar Schacht, Cordell Hull, and Japanese Emperor Hirohito 27
9. 4 The Underground Kingdom of Siam 34
10. 5 The Southeast Asian League 50
11. 6 My Meetings with President Chiang Kai- Shek and His Vice President Li Zongren, President Roxas, President Truman, King George VI and President Léon Blum 54
12. 7 The Reactionary Coup d’État and My First Escape from Siam to Singapore and China 60
13. 8 The Defeat of the Grand Palace Insurrection (26 February 1949) 65
14. 9 The Adventure of My Second Escape from Siam to the People’s Republic of China 71
15. 10 Hospitality of the People’s Republic 78
16. 11 Present at the Creation of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October 1949 83
17. 12 Factors, the Process to Victory, and Progress of the Chinese People 87
18. 13 The Peoples of China 92
19. 14 Special Features of the Chinese Communist Party and Vital Skills of Its Leader 97
20. 15 The United Front Strategy 103
21. 16 The People’s Army Without Ranks or Stripes 107
22. 17 The Socialist and Communist System in the People’s Republic of China 116
23. 18 State Power Before Its Decline in the People’s Republic of China 120
24. 19 Continuous Revolution for Economic Transformation in the People’s Republic of China 129
25. 20 People’s Communes in China 138
26. 21 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and Socialist Ideological Education in the People’s Republic of China 146
27. 22 The Red Guard and Youth During the Great Revolution 160
28. 23 A New Type of Chinese Person and the New Teaching System 166
29. 24 Potential Economic Power of the People’s Republic of China and Economic Planning Systems 175
30. 25 International Policies of the People’s Republic of China 185
31. 26 The Problem of Overseas Chinese People 196
32. 27 Methods for Liberating Chinese Provinces Since the Founding of the People’s Republic 205
33. 28 Mao Zedong’s Real Conception of Paper Tigers 211
34. 29 Issues of Pollution and Automobile Accidents in the People’s Republic of China 215
35. 30 The Former Chinese Emperor Who Became a New Citizen of the People’s Republic 218
36. Conclusion 228
37. Notes 231
38. Pridi Banomyong – A Short Biography 241
39. Index 245