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November 18, 1957	Excerpt from the Unedited Translation of Mao Zedong’s Speech at the Moscow Conference of Communist and Workers’ Parties
September 1958	Zhu Mei, 'How to Run a Small Scale Brewery' Published by the Ministry of Light Industry, Zhu Mei's 'How to Run a Small Scale Brewery' (September 1958) introduced beer and beer making to Chinese audiences. Zhu's pamphlet also calls for the construction of hundreds of small scale breweries across China.
March 25, 1959	Mao Zedong's Remarks at the March 25, 1959, Meeting in Shanghai Mao Zedong’s comments on agriculture and industry at a Communist Party meeting held in Shanghai.
March 26, 1959	The Chairman's Interjections during Comrade Bo Yibo's Report on Industrial Production on March 26 Another version of Mao Zedong's remarks at a Communist Party meeting held in Shanghai, a key talk in scholarly debates about China's Great Leap Forward.
March 26, 1959	Mao Zedong's Interjections at the March 26, 1959, Meeting in Shanghai A key document in scholarly debates about the Great Leap Forward, this file summarizes Mao Zedong’s comments on agriculture and industry at a Communist Party meeting held in Shanghai.
January 27, 1962	Liu Shaoqi, 'Report at the Expanded Central Work Meeting' Liu Shaoqi's address at the 7,000 Cadres Conference.
March 28, 1961	Summary of the Conversation between Comrade Peng Zhen and Romanian Ambassador in China Barbu Zaharescu Peng Zhen and Barbu Zaharescu discuss China's "great famine."
June 2, 1961	Vice Premier Li Xiannian Meets Czechoslovak Ambassador to China Josef Sedivy to Discuss the Issue of This Years’ Sino-Czechoslovak Trade Negotiations Li Xiannian describes the difficulties facing China in the wake of the "disaster" and its inability to meet trade obligations with other socialist countries.
January 1, 1961	Report from Polish Military Attache in Beijing Military Attache Siwicki reports on the year's biggest issues such as; the economic crisis in China, Great Chinese Famine; discrepancies in ideology between USSR and China, such as questions of loyalty to Communist cause in the leadership and army; Chinese's interest in weapons of mass destruction; poor condition of Chinese army and society in general; and China's imperialist goals and overview of interactions with other countries
August 25, 1960	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Investigative Report on the [North] Korean Embassy in Beijing Supposedly Assuming Responsibility for the Provision of Essential Foodstuffs to Korean Residents of Beijing' The North Korean embassy seeks to provide additional food to Korean expatriates living in Beijing, apparently due to the Great Leap famine.