Title: A theory of transitional society Mao Zedong and the Shanghai School
Abstract: The coup d'état in China in October 1976 struck most of the Western world with astonishment. Within a couple of months political power relations in China seemed to be reversed, as was its most recent history. Taken aback by the Chinese explanations and disoriented by the suddenness and finality of events, public opinion in the West tended to accept the reasons for the coup d'état offered by the victorious conspirators.