Foreign Office Files for China, 1949-1980 offers digital copies of the complete British Foreign Office Files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan from 1949-1980,

The quality and depth of the Foreign Office’s reporting on politics, industry, trade and cultural affairs is formidable. It includes

• Eye-witness accounts and detailed reports on life in China, 1949-1976.
• In depth analysis of the Communist Revolution and all the major figures.
• Material on the Korean War, the Cold War, US relations and the Cultural Revolution.

The Foreign Office Files for China project addresses a crucial period in Chinese history — from the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949, through the death of Zhou Enlai and Mao as well as the arrest of the “Gang of Four” and on to the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976.

— text from the description of the publisher, Adam Matthew Digital.