Mao's Politburo
Welcome to the Committee Page for Mao's Politburo! Here, you can find details on the committee and the students who are chairing it, download the background guide, and learn about suggested primary source reading for the committee. Check the page regularly for committee updates.
Committee Dais
Chair: Winston KungVice Chair: John Ng
Crisis Director: Lok Kin Yeung
Contact Email: mao@cmunce.org
Recent Updates
[November 15, 2008]: The Background guide has been posted.
[May 2008]: Welcome to the Mao's Politburo webpage. Keep your eyes peeled to this site in the coming month for updates.
Committee Description
Mao's Politburo, circa 1975, will simulate the highest body of the Chinese Government, presiding over a time when China was deeply conflicted over which direction of development (if at all) it was to follow. Though Mao Zedong still possesses ultimate power, his faculties are failing, and different factions are fighting to fill the vacuum and rule through his name. Issues will include strategies for economic development, relations with the Soviet Union, Japan, Taiwan, and the U.S., ideology, protests, and of course a very potentially bloody question of succession hovering over it all. Participants will include the Gang of Four, Deng Xiaoping, and other primary military and political figures of the time. Who will emerge to rule China - and what will it look like, or be left of it, after all the conflict at top
Background Guide
Recommended Resources and Documents