ARE THE WORKERS IN CHINA DIVIDED? Paperback - 1947

Shanghai, China: Chinese Association of Labor, 1947. First Edition, First Thus . Paperback. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Text/As New, showing faint discoloration. Cover/NF; also showing trace discoloration. Vintage historical document; primary resource to early stages of Chinese labor movement. Booklet publisheid Shanghai, 1947 (interestingly priced at: CNC $1200.00, testimony to inflation) and monetary system). Publication of The Chinese Association of Labor (CAL), founded 1935 in Shanghai & first funded & guidec by the American by the American Labor Fund in China. The time was when the governments of the Kuomingtang and the fledgling Communist Party were to be determined. CAL began with welfare/health centers for laborers. This publication dates to the eve of Communist takeover of the Mainland. With still hopes to reconcile and blend platforms adopted by both governments, outcome uncertain, book recordss: (1) The 23-Platform of CAL establsihed under President Chiang Kia-shek; and as well (2), The 8-Point Platform of Trade Unions of Liberated Areas envisioned by Mao Tze-tung --- a moment in time. A chronicle of politics and ideals in a moment of deep social upheaval.