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9
Report from the Ministry of Railways, Gansu, 20 Jan. 1961, 91-4-889, pp. 19–21.
10
Hunan, 22 Nov. 1959, 146-1-507, pp. 44–6.
11
Sichuan, 26 May 1959, JC1-1721, p. 37.
12
Sichuan, 8 June 1959, JC1-1721, p. 153.
13
Hunan, 9 March 1959, 163-1-1046, p. 24.
14
Hebei, June 1959, 884-1-183, p. 40; 25 April 1960, 884-1-184, p. 20.
15
Nanjing, 30 Jan. 1959, 4003-1-171, p. 35.
16
Nanjing, 19 March 1959, 5003-3-722, pp. 68–9.
17
Hubei, 4 Jan. 1961, SZ18-2-200, p. 11.
18
Hubei, 22 Feb. 1959, SZ18-2-197, pp. 6–8.
19
Sichuan, 2–4 Nov. 1959, JC1-1808, p. 137.
20
Guangdong, 3 Feb. 1961, 262-1-115, pp. 86–7.
21
Kaiping, 29 Dec. 1960, 3-A10-81, p. 2.
22
Hunan, 17 Jan. 1961, 146-1-580, p. 29.
23
Gansu, 18 June 1958, zhongfa (58) 496, 91-18-88, pp. 29–34.
24
Yunnan, 30 Nov. 1960, 2-1-4108, pp. 72–5; 2 Dec. 1960, 2-1-4108, pp. 1–2; see also 8 Nov. and 9 Dec. 1960, 2-1-4432, pp. 1–10 and 50–7.
25
Ministry of Public Security report, Gansu, 8 Feb. 1961, 91-4-889, pp. 25–30.
26
Hebei, June 1959, 884-1-183, pp. 39–40 and 132.
27
Hebei, 26 April 1960, 884-1-184, p. 36.
28
Guangdong, 1961, 216-1-257, pp. 64–5.

Chapter 27: Exodus

1
Shanghai, 12 March 1959, B98-1-439, pp. 9–13.
2
Zhang Qingwu, ‘Kongzhi chengshi renkou de zengzhang’,
Renmin ribao
, 21 Aug. 1979, p. 3, quoted in Judith Banister,
China’s Changing Population
, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1987, p. 330.
3
Yunnan, 18 Dec. 1958, 2-1-3101, p. 301.
4
Shanghai, 20 April 1959, A11-1-34, pp. 1–3.
5
Shanghai, 12 and 17 March 1959, B98-1-439, pp. 12 and 25.
6
Shanghai, 20 April 1959, A11-1-34, pp. 4–14.
7
Xinyang, 4 Aug. 1960, 304-37-7, p. 68.
8
Hebei, 28 Feb., 11 March and 15 April 1959, 855-5-1750, pp. 74–5, 91–4 and 132–4.
9
Zhejiang, 3 March 1959, J007-11-112, pp. 1–6.
10
Guangdong, 23 Jan. 1961, 217-1-644, pp. 10–12.
11
Hebei, 15 April 1959, 855-5-1750, pp. 132–4.
12
Wuhan, 14 April 1959, 76-1-1210, pp. 87–8.
13
Neibu cankao
, 20 June 1960, pp. 11–12.
14
Hebei, 11 March 1959, 855-5-1750, pp. 91–4.
15
Beijing, 23 Jan. and 31 Aug. 1959, 2-11-58, pp. 3–4 and 8–10.
16
Nanjing, 14 March 1959, 4003-1-168, pp. 39–49; 14 Aug. 1960, 4003-1-199, p. 2.
17
Nanjing, 23 Dec. 1959, 5003-3-721, p. 115; 21 July 1959, 4003-2-315, pp. 11–18.
18
Nanjing, 21 July 1959, 4003-2-315, pp. 11–18.
19
Ibid.
20
Yunnan, 29 Nov. 1958, zhongfa (58) 1035, 2-1-3276, pp. 250–3.
21
Nanjing, 14 Aug. 1960, 4003-1-199, p. 2.
22
Nanjing, 21 Nov. 1959, 4003-2-315, p. 32.
23
Gansu, 14 Jan. 1961, 91-18-200, pp. 47–8.
24
Guangdong, 5 Jan. 1961, 217-1-643, p. 63.
25
Hebei, 15 Aug. 1961, 878-1-6, pp. 31–44.
26
Yunnan, 29 Nov. 1958, zhongfa (58) 1035, 2-1-3276, pp. 250–3.
27
Hebei, 15 April 1959, 855-5-1750, p. 133.
28
Hubei, 25 Feb. 1958, SZ34-4-295, p. 7.
29
Hubei, Sept. 1958, SZ34-4-295, pp. 38–42.
30
Hebei, 17 Dec. 1960, 878-2-8, pp. 8–10.
31
Reports from the State Council and the Ministry of Public Security, Hubei, 6 Feb., 5 June and 10 Nov. 1961, SZ34-5-15, pp. 7–8 and 58–61.
32
Sichuan, Nov.–Dec. 1961, JC1-2756, pp. 84–5.
33
Neibu cankao
, 1 May 1960, p. 30.
34
Gansu, 31 Aug. 1960, 91-9-58, pp. 32–7.
35
Hubei, 18 April 1961, SZ34-5-15, p. 9.
36
Hubei, 1961, SZ34-5-15, pp. 9–10.
37
Gansu, 16 June 1961, zhong (61) 420, 91-18-211, pp. 116–19.
38
Yunnan, Aug. 1960, 2-1-4245, p. 55; Yunnan, 10 July 1961, 2-1-4587, p. 83.
39
Yunnan, 10 and 22 July 1961, 2-1-4587, pp. 82 and 112–14.
40
Guangdong, 20 July, 2 Aug. and 23 Nov. 1961, 253-1-11, pp. 44, 51 and 53.
41
Xuancheng, 25 June 1961, 3-1-257, p. 32.
42
Hunan, 12 Dec. 1961, 186-1-587, p. 5.
43
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 12 June 1958 and 14 Jan. 1959, 105-604-1, pp. 21 and 24–30.
44
PRO, London, 28 Feb. 1959, FO371-143870.
45
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 23 Aug. 1961, 106-999-3, pp. 40–55.
46
RGANI, Moscow, 22 May 1962, 5-30-401, p. 39.
47
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 10 May 1962, 118-1100-9, pp. 71–9.
48
RGANI, Moscow, 28 April 1962, 3-18-53, pp. 2–3 and 8–12.
49
RGANI, Moscow, May 1962, 3-16-89, pp. 63–7.
50
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 30 June 1962, 118-1758-1, pp. 1–8.
51
RGANI, Moscow, 6 Nov. 1964, 5-49-722, pp. 194–7.
52
Hong Kong Annual Report
, Hong Kong: Government Printer, 1959, p. 23.
53
ICRC, Geneva, report from J. Duncan Wood, Sept. 1963, BAG 234 048-008.03.
54
Hong Kong Standard
, 11 May 1962.
55
According to a defector interviewed by the CIA; see CIA, Washington, 27 July 1962, OCI 2712-62, p. 4; a similar report was carried by the
South China Morning Post
, 6 June 1962.
56
ICRC, Geneva, report from Paul Calderara, 5 June 1962, BAG 234 048-008.03.
57
Ibid.; see also PRO, Hong Kong, 1958–60, HKRS 518-1-5.
58
Hansard, ‘Hong Kong (Chinese Refugees)’, HC Deb, 28 May 1962, vol. 660, cols 974–7; ICRC, Geneva, report from J. Duncan Wood, Sept. 1963, BAG 234 048-008.03.
59
Aristide R. Zolberg, Astri Suhrke and Sergio Aguayo,
Escape from Violence: Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in the Developing World
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 160.
60
‘Refugee dilemma’,
Time
, 27 April 1962.

Chapter 28: Children

1
Wujiang, 13 April 1959, 1001-3-92, pp. 63–9.
2
Beijing, 4 and 18 Aug. 1960, 84-1-167, pp. 1–9 and 43–52.
3
Beijing, 31 March 1959, 101-1-132, pp. 26–40.
4
Guangzhou, 9 Jan., 7 March, 29 April, 18 May and 14 Dec. 1959, 16-1-19, pp. 19–24, 51–5, 57–61, 64–6 and 70; on the use of physical punishment in Shanghai see Shanghai, 24 Aug. 1961, A20-1-54, p. 18.
5
Shanghai, 7 May 1961, A20-1-60, p. 64; 24 Aug. 1961, A20-1-54, pp. 16–24.
6
Beijing, 4 Aug. 1960, 84-1-167, pp. 43–52.
7
Beijing, 18 Aug. 1960, 84-1-167, pp. 1–9.
8
Nanjing, 14 Nov. 1961, 5012-3-584, p. 79.
9
Guangzhou, 18 May 1959, 16-1-19, pp. 51–5.
10
Nanjing, 21 April 1960, 4003-2-347, pp. 22–6.
11
Hubei, 25 Dec. 1960, SZ34-5-16, pp. 2–3.
12
Guangdong, 1961, 314-1-208, p. 16.
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For the rules and regulations in the secondary school system, see Suzanne Pepper,
Radicalism and Education Reform in 20th-Century China: The Search for an Ideal Development Model
, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, pp. 293 ff.

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