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Where Is Our Fredom Trail? Let's Celebrate Syracuse's Proud Role In The Abolitionist Movement, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Apr 2001

Where Is Our Fredom Trail? Let's Celebrate Syracuse's Proud Role In The Abolitionist Movement, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

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Origin Of Communist Policing In The People's Republic Of China, Kam C. Wong Jan 2001

Origin Of Communist Policing In The People's Republic Of China, Kam C. Wong

Kam C. Wong

This is an investigation into the origin of Communist policing in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Existing literature on the PRC police (baowei, gongan, jingcha) are not in agreement as to the origin of Communist policing. Most sources, particularly western ones, point to the formation of the Ministry of Public Security in November of 1949 as the origination of Communist police. Others, particularly the PRC police historians, have traced the starting date to November of 1931 when the Chinese Soviet government in Shan-Gan-Ning border area established the Political Security Department (zhengzhi baoweiju). Still, a minority have suggested that Communist …