Yellow Earth, Green Jade

Is the People’s Republic of China first and foremost Communist or Chinese ? Simon de Beaufort, a student of Chinese affairs since the mid-fifties, expertly unravels the riddle posed by the coexistence of revolutionary change and age-old customs) of the teachings of Mao Tse-tung and Confucius) in present-day China. This book was first published by the Harvard University Center for International Affairs in 1978. Foreword by John K. Fairbank.