Cheng, J(ames) Chester

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CHENG, J(ames) Chester

CHENG, J(ames) Chester. American, b. 1926. Genres: History, Politics/Government. Career: Professor of History, San Francisco State University, since 1960. Consultant, Asia Foundation, since 1983. Research Associate, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, since 1964. Lecturer in History, University of Hong Kong, 1952-59; Visiting Associate Professor of University of Oregon, Eugene, 1959-60; Consultant, U.S. Office of Education, 1960-61. Publications: Basic Principles Underlying Chinese Communist Approach to Education, 1961; Chinese Sources for the Taiping Rebellion in China 1850-1864, 1963; (ed.) The Politics of the Chinese Red Army, 1966; Documents of Dissent: Chinese Political Culture since Mao, 1980. Address: 4193 Cherry Oaks Place, Palo Alto, CA 94306, U.S.A.