摘要
At the end of 1976, China was, by and large, an agricultural country with a ,hefty 82.6 percent of its population living in the countryside, the majority in ab- solute poverty. After a decade of the ＂cultural revolution＂ （1966-76） that concluded in October that year, the Chinese economy had come to the verge of collapse, and its politi- cal system was in disarray.
At the end of 1976,China was,by and large,an agricultural country with a hefty 82.6 percent of its population living in the countryside,the majority in absolute poverty.After a decade of the"cultural revolution"(1966-76)that concluded in October that year,the Chinese economy had come to the verge of collapse,and its political system was in disarray.It was in these circumstances that the Chinese people
