Deng Tuo Explained

Deng Tuo (; c. 1911 – 17 May 1966), also known by the pen name Ma Nancun, was a Chinese poet, intellectual and journalist. He became a cadre of the Chinese Communist Party and served as editor-in-chief of the People's Daily from 1948 to 1958. He committed suicide in 1966 following scathing criticism in the People's Daily, as the Cultural Revolution was beginning.^[1]

Bibliography

• Timothy Cheek, Propaganda and Culture in Mao's China: Deng Tuo and the Intelligentsia, Oxford University Press, 1998
• Roderick MacFarquhar: The origins of the cultural revolution, Oxford University Press

Notes and References

1. Book: Cheek, Timothy . Propaganda and Culture in Mao's China . 1997-12-18 . . 978-0-19-829066-7 . 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198290667.001.0001.