ROBERT WEATHERLEY is an affiliated lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. He is also a lawyer with the English law firm Mills & Reeve LLP, and heads the firm's China group. He is the author of The Discourse of Human Rights in China (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999) and Politics in China since 1949.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction The Young Revolutionary: Hua in Shanxi (1921-49) Towards Rural Reform: Hua in Hunan (1949-57) The Great Leap Forward and the Post-Leap Recovery Period: Hua in Hunan (1958-65) The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Hua in Hunan (1966-70) Entering the Centre: Hua in Beijing (1971-76) The Return of Deng Xiaoping: Hua in Decline (1977-1980) Conclusion Bibliography

ROBERT WEATHERLEY is an affiliated lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. He is also a lawyer with the English law firm Mills & Reeve LLP, and heads the firm's China group. He is the author of The Discourse of Human Rights in China (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999) and Politics in China since 1949.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction The Young Revolutionary: Hua in Shanxi (1921-49) Towards Rural Reform: Hua in Hunan (1949-57) The Great Leap Forward and the Post-Leap Recovery Period: Hua in Hunan (1958-65) The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Hua in Hunan (1966-70) Entering the Centre: Hua in Beijing (1971-76) The Return of Deng Xiaoping: Hua in Decline (1977-1980) Conclusion Bibliography

ROBERT WEATHERLEY is an affiliated lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. He is also a lawyer with the English law firm Mills & Reeve LLP, and heads the firm's China group. He is the author of The Discourse of Human Rights in China (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999) and Politics in China since 1949.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction The Young Revolutionary: Hua in Shanxi (1921-49) Towards Rural Reform: Hua in Hunan (1949-57) The Great Leap Forward and the Post-Leap Recovery Period: Hua in Hunan (1958-65) The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Hua in Hunan (1966-70) Entering the Centre: Hua in Beijing (1971-76) The Return of Deng Xiaoping: Hua in Decline (1977-1980) Conclusion Bibliography