Youwei ince the start of its post-Mao reforms in the late 1970s, the communist regime in
China has repeatedly defied predictions of its impending demise. The key to its success lies …

This book, first published in 1992, provides a detailed analysis of the reform programme in
post-Mao China. In it, a distinguished group of specialists show how the dramatic events that …

WHILE THE PRECISE starting point of China's reforms is rather difficult to pinpoint, a series
of crucial events—ranging from the famous 3rd Plenum in 1978 and 5th Plenum in 1980, to …

In 1976, at the death of its longtime leader Mao Zedong, China was in a state of economic
stagnation and social chaos. Mao's radical policies and continual political campaigns …

Five years after Beijing's pragmatic new leadership embarked on its Four Modernizations
program, the obstacles to change in China are becoming apparent, agree the contributors to …

Minxin Pei thinks that China's transition from communism to democracy is stalled. Pei, a
senior associate and the director of the China Program at the Carnegie Endowment for …

The history of the People's Republic, according to the dominant narrative, falls into two
broad sections: the turbulent decades dominated by Mao Zedong, the founder of" New …

Since 1978, China has embarked on an ambitious and sweeping program of reform. But
there is still considerable government fiscal and administrative intervention in the workings …

Coming off the convocation of the 15th Party Congress, China started 1998 with reform
moving ahead full steam. This was manifested in a palpable relaxation of the intellectual …

In an era of democratic decline, authoritarian rule is receiving a careful new look. Their
fingers having been burned in Iraq and Afghanistan, US policy makers have backed away …