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Where’s Mao? Chinese Revise History Books

Date: September 1, 2006
Author: Joseph Kahn
QUOTE: Nearly overnight the country’s most prosperous schools have shelved the Marxist template that had dominated standard history texts since the 1950’s. The changes passed high-level scrutiny, the authors say, and are part of a broader effort to promote a more stable, less violent view of Chinese history that serves today’s economic and political goals.

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