The spiral road
Subtitle: change in a Chinese village through the eyes of a Communist Party leader
By: Huang Shu-min ; foreword by Bernard Gallin.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Development, conflict, and social change; Development, conflict, and social change series.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Villages -- China -- Lin Village (Fujian Sheng) -- Case studies; Communism -- China -- Fujian Sheng -- Case studies; Fujian Sheng (China) -- Rural conditions -- Case studies
Description: Through the eyes of the leading party cadre in Lin Village in southeast China, this book unravels the turbulent events that affected individuals and families in the village: the downfall of the landlords during the Land Reform, the rise to political power of poor peasants, the political fanaticism of the Great Leap Forward and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and recent efforts to restore rational, pragmatic policies in China's countryside.

The second edition includes two new chapters, based on the author's continuing visits to China. One chapter details changes in Lin Village, such as Taiwanese investment of capital, large-scale production, international marketing, and new lifestyles; the other focuses on the continuing story of Mr. Ye: his ideas for expanding the villagers' wealth, his wheeling and dealing to set up lucrative businesses in Lin Village, and his arrangements to secure jobs for his family members and close kin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.