People's Public Security
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People’s Public Security (人民公安) Its official English-language title is People's Police. is the name of a periodical produced by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
. For official use only, its primary intended readership consists of Chinese police officers.
municipal Bureau of Public Security immediately after 1949, a magazine that by 1952 had changed its name to Public Security in the Capital (首都公安). The magazine initially appeared twice monthly. It superseded Public Security Manual (公安手册), a periodical in a smaller format published "for grassroots public security cadres" by the Central Ministry of Public Security, as it was then called, since 1952. The first head of the editorial committee of People’s Public Security was the then Vice-Minister for Public Security, Xu Zirong. Prior to the beginning of the Cultural Revolution
the magazine was managed by Shi Luoming, whose husband was the political secretary of China’s first Minister of Public Security, Luo Ruiqing
.
In 1956, People’s Public Security was printed in an edition of 140,000. By the end of 1957, cutbacks had forced a 50 % reduction in the number of issues printed, and there were no longer—as there had been initially—photographs on the front and back covers. The last issue of People’s Public Security to appear before almost all PRC journals (with the exception of Red Flag) suspended publication at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution was no. 232, which appeared on 20 October 1966. It resumed publication at an unknown date in the 1970s.
People’s Public Security conveys information about policing and related developments in police and public security work in China. It is aimed at readers of all administrative levels in urban as well as rural areas. Its Q&A section sheds light on issues and problems affecting the quality of police work. In the 1950s and 1960s, it published vetted texts of many important speeches by leading public security officers and it is today of particular interest to historians seeking to understand the operation of Mao Zedong
's dictatorship of the proletariat
.
Copies of People’s Public Security from the 1950s and 1960s may today be found in research libraries. The publishers put out an electronic version of the journal, some issues of which may be read online.
Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
The Ministry of Public Security , is the principal police and security authority of the mainland of the People's Republic of China and the government agency that exercises oversight over and is ultimately responsible for day-to-day law enforcement...
. For official use only, its primary intended readership consists of Chinese police officers.
Description
The first issue of People’s Public Security was published on 30 January 1956. Another magazine by the same name was published by the BeijingBeijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
municipal Bureau of Public Security immediately after 1949, a magazine that by 1952 had changed its name to Public Security in the Capital (首都公安). The magazine initially appeared twice monthly. It superseded Public Security Manual (公安手册), a periodical in a smaller format published "for grassroots public security cadres" by the Central Ministry of Public Security, as it was then called, since 1952. The first head of the editorial committee of People’s Public Security was the then Vice-Minister for Public Security, Xu Zirong. Prior to the beginning of the Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...
the magazine was managed by Shi Luoming, whose husband was the political secretary of China’s first Minister of Public Security, Luo Ruiqing
Luo Ruiqing
-Biography:Luo Ruiqing was born in Nanchong, Sichuan in 1906. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1928. He was the eldest son of a wealthy landlord named Luo Chunting , who had a total of six kids...
.
In 1956, People’s Public Security was printed in an edition of 140,000. By the end of 1957, cutbacks had forced a 50 % reduction in the number of issues printed, and there were no longer—as there had been initially—photographs on the front and back covers. The last issue of People’s Public Security to appear before almost all PRC journals (with the exception of Red Flag) suspended publication at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution was no. 232, which appeared on 20 October 1966. It resumed publication at an unknown date in the 1970s.
People’s Public Security conveys information about policing and related developments in police and public security work in China. It is aimed at readers of all administrative levels in urban as well as rural areas. Its Q&A section sheds light on issues and problems affecting the quality of police work. In the 1950s and 1960s, it published vetted texts of many important speeches by leading public security officers and it is today of particular interest to historians seeking to understand the operation of Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
's dictatorship of the proletariat
Dictatorship of the proletariat
In Marxist socio-political thought, the dictatorship of the proletariat refers to a socialist state in which the proletariat, or the working class, have control of political power. The term, coined by Joseph Weydemeyer, was adopted by the founders of Marxism, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in the...
.
Copies of People’s Public Security from the 1950s and 1960s may today be found in research libraries. The publishers put out an electronic version of the journal, some issues of which may be read online.
See also
- Public Security ConstructionPublic Security ConstructionPublic Security Construction is a classified serial produced by the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China.The inaugural issue of Public Security Construction appeared on 30 June 1950, and contained a “mission statement” written by the then Minister of Public Security Luo...
- Public Security Work BulletinPublic Security Work BulletinPublic Security Work Bulletin was a highly classified serial produced by the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China during the disastrous Great Leap Forward, 1958-1961....