1. For a full text of Mao Tse-tung’s proclamation, see Michael Y.M. Kau and John K. Leung, eds, The Writings of Mao Zedong: 1949–1976: Vol 1, September 1949 – December 1955, New York and London 1986, pp. 10–11.
2. John Gittings, The World and China, 1922–1972, London 1974, p. 166.
3. Note also Zhong-ping Feng, The British Government’s China Policy, Keele 1994, pp. 139–45.
4. H. Hinton, China’s Turbulent Quest: An Analysis of China’s Foreign Policy Since 1949, New York 1972, p. 271.
5. Quoted in Beverly Hooper, China Stands Up: Ending the Western Presence 1948–1950, Sydney and London 1986, p. 170.