Public Security Informants in the Early People’s Republic of China
The talk describes and analyses in its historical context how the recruitment and running of informants was managed by China’s state security organs prior to the beginning of the so-called reform era. The presentation is largely based on original grassroots operational records and, using the city of Harbin as a case, seeks to illustrate dimensions of urban social control previously neglected by political scientists and historians.
Date: 23 January 2019, 17:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2019)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-Ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Michael Schoenhals (Lund University)
Organising department: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Organiser: Professor Rana Mitter
Organiser contact email address: clare.orchard@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Rana Mitter
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Clare Orchard