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Poppies under the Red Sun: The Opium Trade and the Yan'an Model

Did opium save the CCP regime?

In the 1990s, history scholar Chen Yongfa made a fundamental study of the opium economy two decades before the founding of the CCP and completed a monograph, "Poppies under the Red Sun: The Opium Trade and the Yan'an Model". Since then, more and more research articles have been written on the subject, and new information has appeared. Subsequently, the phenomenon of the opium economy of the CCP's Yan'an regime has also became an important field of study.
Title
Poppies under the Red Sun: The Opium Trade and the Yan'an Model
Description
In the 1990s, history scholar Chen Yongfa made a fundamental study of the opium economy two decades before the founding of the CCP and completed a monograph, "Poppies under the Red Sun: The Opium Trade and the Yan'an Model". Since then, more and more research articles have been written on the subject, and new information has appeared. Subsequently, the phenomenon of the opium economy of the CCP's Yan'an regime has also became an important field of study.
Release Date
1990
Format
Article
Era
Republic of China Period (1912-1949)
Yan’an Period (1935-1948)
Creator
Chen Yung-fa
Themes
Farmers' Rights and Rural Issues

Early Communist Party

Communist Party Political System

History of the Chinese Communist Party

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