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China Policy Study Group (London)

Books, Pamphlets and Magazines about China in the Maoist Era

      The China Policy Study Group was a group of Left academics in Britain which was sympathetic and supportive of the Chinese Revolution. They were sponsored by Dr. Joseph Needham, Prof. Cyril Offord, Prof. Joan Robinson and Prof. George Thomson. They published a number of books and pamphlets (including a series of three significant books by George Thomson—see below). They also published a monthly magazine, China Policy Study Group Broadsheet, from January 1964 through December 1981, with one more special issue in May 1982.

      If you have access to other pamphlets, documents or additional issues of the CPSG Broadsheet which can be scanned and posted here, please contact us at: freespeech@bannedthought.net

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Books and Pamphlets:

• “Marxism In China Today”, by George Thomson, 1965, 16 pages. This pre-Cultural Revolution pamphlet is a slightly expanded form of a lecture first given on March 15, 1965, under the auspices of the China Policy Study Group.   PDF format   [906 KB]
• “China’s Continuing Revolution”, by William Hinton, (London: China Policy Study Group, 1969), 40 pages.   Searchable PDF format   [1,120 KB]  
• [Book:] From Marx to Mao Tse-tung: A Study in Revolutionary Dialectics, by George Thomson, (London: China Policy Study Group, 1971), in searchable PDF format, 96 double pages, 9,790 KB. Though written over 40 years ago, this is still a fine introduction to revolutionary Marxism. It includes a great many quotations from Marx, Lenin, Mao and others, all arranged in a way to illustrate the overall coherence and unity of MLM theory.
• [Book:] Capitalism and After: The Rise and Fall of Commodity Production, by George Thomson, (London: China Policy Study Group, 1973), in PDF format, 162 pages, 11,007 KB. A continuation of the above volume, focusing here on the political economy of capitalism and socialism. Like the first volume, it includes many quotations from Marx, Lenin, Mao and others, all arranged in a way to illustrate the overall coherence and unity of MLM theory.
• [Book:] The Human Essence: The Sources of Science and Art, by George Thomson, (London: China Policy Study Group, 1974), in PDF format, 132 pages, 8,694 KB. The third and final volume of Thomson’s introduction to Marxism, which together “cover the political, historical and ideological aspects of the subject.” This volume, however, is based to a somewhat greater degree on Thomson’s own thinking and work.
• “Mao’s Last Battle — The Next Stage”, by Bruce Smith, China Policy Study Group (London), 1978, 36 pages. [Ed. note: This pamphlet focuses on supporting Hua Kuo-feng (Hua Guofeng) and attacking the so-called “Gang of Four”, with only mild and limited criticism of Deng Xiaoping. As such, history has demonstrated that the point of view of this pamphlet was very wrong indeed! We are nevertheless posting it here as an example of the sort of analysis which caused many foreign revolutionaries to drift into a quite erroneous line with regard to China after Mao’s death.]   PDF format   [11,187 KB]

China Policy Study Group BROADSHEET — Monthly Publication:

• Index for 1964-1981, 10 pages: PDF format   [9,081 KB]
• 1969:
  • Vol. 6, No. 7 — July 1969, 4 pages: PDF format   [827 KB]
  • Vol. 6, No. 9 — September 1969, 4 pages: PDF format   [795 KB]
  • Vol. 6, No. 10 — October 1969, 8 pages: PDF format   [1,504 KB]
  • Vol. 6, No. 11 — November 1969, 4 pages: PDF format   [817 KB]
  • Vol. 6, No. 12 — December 1969, 4 pages: PDF format   [805 KB]
  • Vol. 6 (1969) Index, 1 page: PDF format   [100 KB]
• 1970:
  • Vol. 7, No. 1 — January 1970, 4 pages: PDF format   [805 KB]
  • Vol. 7, No. 2 — February 1970, 4 pages: PDF format   [833 KB]
  • Vol. 7, No. 3 — March 1970, 4 pages: PDF format   [856 KB]
  • Vol. 7, No. 8 — August 1970, 4 pages: Searchable PDF format   [1,264 KB]
  • Vol. 7, No. 9 — September 1970, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,652 KB]
• 1972:
  • Vol. 9, No. 6 — June 1972, 4 pages: PDF format   [827 KB]
  • Vol. 9, No. 7 — July 1972, 4 pages: PDF format   [835 KB]
  • Vol. 9, No. 10 — October 1972, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,666 KB]
• 1973:
  • Vol. 10, No. 11 — November 1973, 4 pages: PDF format   [817 KB]
  • Vol. 10, No. 12 — December 1973, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,776 KB]
• 1974:
  • Vol. 11, No. 1 — January 1974:   [Not yet available]
  • Vol. 11, No. 2 — February 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,867 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 3 — March 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,762 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 4 — April 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,922 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 5 — May 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,967 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 6 — June 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,858 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 7 — July 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,919 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 8 — August 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,880 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 9 — September 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,925 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 10 — October 1974, 8 pages: PDF format   [11,734 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 11 — November 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,947 KB]
  • Vol. 11, No. 12 — December 1974, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,804 KB]
• 1975:
  • Vol. 12, No. 1 — January 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,867 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 2 — February 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,964 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 3 — March 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,868 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 4 — April 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,621 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 5 — May 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,966 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 6 — June 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,101 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 7 — July 1975:   [Not yet available]
  • Vol. 12, No. 8 — August 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,872 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 9 — September 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,941 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 10 — October 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,564 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 11 — November 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,049 KB]
  • Vol. 12, No. 12 — December 1975, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,870 KB]
• 1976:
  • Vol. 13, No. 1 — January 1976, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,809 KB]
  • Vol. 13, No. 2 — February 1976, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,357 KB]
  • Vol. 13, No. 3 — March 1976, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,051 KB]
  • Vol. 13, No. 4 — April 1976, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,180 KB]
  • Vol. 13, No. 5 — May 1976, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,008 KB]
  • Vol. 13, No. 6 — June 1976, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,871 KB]
  • Vol. 13, No. 8 — August 1976, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,217 KB]
  • Vol. 13, No. 9 — September 1976, Special Issue on Mao’s Death, 8 pages: PDF format   [12,242 KB]
• 1977:
  • Vol. 14, No. 1 — January 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,081 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 2 — February 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,784 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 3 — March 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,086 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 4 — April 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,875 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 5 — May 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,771 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 6 — June 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,039 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 7 — July 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,199 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 8 — August 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,732 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 9 — September 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,803 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 10 — October 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,910 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 11 — November 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,768 KB]
  • Vol. 14, No. 12 — December 1977, 4 pages: PDF format   [821 KB]
• 1978:
  • Vol. 15, No. 1 — January 1978, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,567 KB]
  • Vol. 15, No. 2 — February 1978, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,728 KB]
• 1979:
  • Vol. 16, No. 4 — April 1979, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,134 KB]
  • Vol. 16, No. 5 — May 1979, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,217 KB]
  • Vol. 16, No. 6/7 — June-July 1979, 8 pages: PDF format   [12,560 KB]
  • Vol. 16, No. 9 — September 1979, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,518 KB]
  • Vol. 16, No. 10 — October 1979, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,288 KB]
  • Vol. 16, No. 11 — November 1979, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,079 KB]
  • Vol. 16, No. 12 — December 1979, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,284 KB]
• 1980:
  • Vol. 17, No. 1 — January 1980, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,047 KB]
  • Vol. 17, No. 2 — February 1980, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,196 KB]
  • Vol. 17, No. 3 — March 1980, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,207 KB]
  • Vol. 17, No. 4 — April 1980, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,893 KB]
  • Vol. 17, No. 5 — May 1980, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,925 KB]
  • Vol. 17, No. 6 — June 1980:   [Not yet available.]
  • Vol. 17, No. 7 — July 1980:   [Not yet available.]
  • Vol. 17, No. 8 — August 1980, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,839 KB]
  • Vol. 17, No. 9 — September 1980:   [Not yet available.]
  • Vol. 17, No. 10 — October 1980, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,192 KB]
  • Vol. 17, No. 11/12 — November-December 1980, 6 pages: PDF format   [9,226 KB]
• 1981:
  • Vol. 18, No. 1 — January 1981, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,168 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 2 — February 1981, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,129 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 3 — March 1981, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,379 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 4 — April 1981, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,137 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 5 — May 1981:   [Not yet available.]
  • Vol. 18, No. 6/7 — June-July 1981, 8 pages: PDF format   [11,470 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 8 — August 1981, 4 pages: PDF format   [5,856 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 9 — September 1981, 4 pages. (The CPSG announced in this issue that regular publication of the Broadsheet would cease in December 1981.): PDF format   [6,102 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 10 — October 1981, 4 pages: PDF format   [6,189 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 11 — November 1981, 4 pages: PDF format   [10,231 KB]
  • Vol. 18, No. 12 — December 1981, 8 pages: PDF format   [6,168 KB]
• 1982: [We believe there was only this one special issue in 1982, which marked the final end of publication of the Broadsheet.]
  • Special Issue — May 1982, 8 pages: PDF format   [11,851 KB]
• [Missing issues will be posted here if we can obtain them.]

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