480 Days that Changed China : Mao Zedong in East Lake

From 1953 to 1974 after the founding of the People's Republic, Mao Zedong made 44 trips to the East Lake and lived in the East Lake Hotel for as long as 480 days.It was in the East Lake that he made the strategic decisions that changed the course of Chinese history and even the international political structure, such as artillery bombardment against Quemoy, pacification of Tibet and bring Deng Xiaoping back into politics.The book is based on extensive research of historical materials and systematically and comprehensively pieces together fragments of Mao's days in the East Lake in Wuhan.