Edward Friedman, Paul Pickowicz, Chinese Village, Socialist State (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991)

The focus had been on Japan for some time. Now that Japan was defeated the Chinese people were on the verge of civil war. Their common enemy, Japan, had helped them set their differences aside for a greater cause but now there was an increasing division among the people. The Communist party in response did away with the promotion of the multiclass system, nationalistic cooperation and gradual tax, rent and interest reform.

Many reforms and upheavels were taking place in China. Land was being redistributed in many village, where it could be enforced. Hired help were asks for reimbersment for prior exploitation and households accept as an alternative to land redistribution. Nationalists take over major cities and start to recapture some county seats. This is followed by fierce fighting and territory wars.

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