A Basic Understanding of the Communist Party of China

Written during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, A Basic Understanding of the Communist Party of China develops the Marxist theory of the Party. It elucidates the Maoist conception of the Party of the proletariat, specifying its objectives, theory, program, and structure, as well as the attitude and orientation all members must take up. Of critical importance is the emphasis on the two-line struggle that defined the development of the Communist Party of China, manifesting as ideological struggles within the Party between the bourgeois and proletarian lines.