How the Red Sun Rose

How the Red Sun Rose: The Origins and Development of the Yan'an Rectification Movement, 1930–1945
AuthorGao Hua
TranslatorGuo Jian, Stacy Mosher
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong Press
Publication date
2000 (Chinese version)
Publication placePeople's Republic of China
Published in English
2018
Pages840 pages
AwardsHonorable Mention, 2020 Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize
ISBN9789629968229

How the Red Sun Rose: The Origins and Development of the Yan'an Rectification Movement, 1930–1945, is a history book written by Gao Hua and published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press in 2000. It documents the origins and consequences of the Yan'an Rectification Movement as well as the ascendance of Mao Zedong as the paramount leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[1][2] The book is banned in mainland China.[3][4]

Gao's book starts with Mao's elimination of the Anti-Bolshevik League and elaborates on the vicissitudes of Mao's career within the CCP, featuring his conflict with the Soviet-trained Wang Ming (1937–1941). After defeating Wang, Mao launched the Yan'an Rectification Movement (1942–1945)—the focus of Gao's book.

Gao's book rewrote scholarly understanding of the Yan'an Rectification Movement from the earlier Party-line narratives of Edgar Snow and other scholars.[note 1] The book's English version, translated by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian and published in 2018, received the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize's Honorable Mention in 2020.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b "How the Red Sun Rose". The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference chang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "China Jails Two For Sale of Banned Political Books From Hong Kong". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. ^ Gao, Hua (February 2019). How the Red Sun Rose: The Origins and Development of the Yan'an Rectification Movement. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. ISBN 9789629968229. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ^ How the Red Sun Rose The Origin and Development of the Yan'an Rectification Movement, 1930–1945. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. February 2019. ISBN 9789629968229. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.


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