Covert postal inspection in the early People's Republic of China

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

On the basis of Chinese archival records, this project describes and critically assesses – including from a global, comparative perspective – covert postal inspection as conducted by state security organs in Mao Zedong’s China (1949–1976). The outcome of the project will be a research monograph, for which Cambridge University Press has, per contract, the first right of refusal.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date2015/01/012020/01/23

Free keywords

  • Intelligence
  • Chinese Communist Party
  • Postal censorship
  • Surveillance