---------------------------------------------------- ChinaResourceNews No.7 http://chinaresource.org/news.htm ---------------------------------------------------- New material on CPC propaganda in the library of the Institute of Chinese Studies: (1) Zhongguo gongchandang xuanchuan gongzuo wenxian xuanbian. Zhonggong zhongyang xuanchuanbu bangongting, Zhongyang dang'anguan bianyanbu (ed.). Beijing: Xuexi chubanshe, 1996, 4 vols. This internal ('neibu faxing'; the foreword determines the distribution circle as "leading cadres of county level and above") collection of material on propaganda covers the years 1915 to 1992 (vol.1 1915-1936, vol.2 1937-1949, vol.3 1949-1956, vol.4 1957-1992). Included are speeches from party leaders and Party documents; most documents are annotated, the original source is given. Material is rich for the early years of the PRC, especially for the years 1949-1956, with many detailed close-ups on day-to-day issues. In contrast, the eleven-year period from Oct. 1965 to Oct. 1976 is not covered at all, and material thereafter is meagre. The foreword traces the decision for the compilation of this work back to a Party decision in 1991 and recommends its use as a complement to the four volume collection "Dang de xuanchuan gongzuo wenjian xuanbian, 1949-1992, publ. in 1993. nv For bibliographical details and shelfmark please visit www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/acwww25/regsrch.pl?&recnums=50219&db=kat (2) Quanguo xuanchuan sixiang gongzuo huiyi wenjian huibian. Xuexi chubanshe (ed.). Beijing: Xuexi chubanshe, 1994 This internal ('neibu faxing') volume collects 35 speeches of Party leaders (national, such as Jiang Zemin, and propaganda sector personnel), held at a mammoth propaganda and thought work conference in Beijing, Jan. 24-29, 1994, and attended by 1143 participants that split into seven specialized conferences held simultaneously. For reaons not stated, two speeches by Zeng Jianhui were omitted from the collection. nv For bibliographical details and shelfmark please visit www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/acwww25/regsrch.pl?recnums=51366&db=kat _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) ChinaResource.org -- Content manager http://chinaresource.org _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/chinaresource-l.html