China at the beginning of a new century still confronts the challenge it faced a hundred
years ago: can its leaders, drawing effectively upon the talents and wisdom of its diverse …

While China's economic rise is being watched closely around the world, the country's
changing political landscape is intriguing, as well. Forces unleashed by market reforms are …

China's Political System provides a concise introduction to the political, economic, and
social factors that determine China's government. Highly respected specialist June Teufel …

The success or failure of China's development will impact not only its own citizens but also
those of the world. China is widely recognized as a global actor on the world stage and no …

The Chinese government is one of the most important actors in international affairs today. To
thoroughly understand how the People's Republic of China has grown in power requires a …

Thirty years ago, China was emerging from one of the most traumatic periods in its history.
The Chinese people had been ravaged by long years of domestic struggle, terrible famine …

China's path to political reform over the last three decades has been slow, but discourse
among Chinese political scientists continues to be vigorous and forward thinking. China's …

Contrary to the earlier political upheavals which culminated in the 1989 Prodemocracy
Movement, China has achieved an extended stability in the 1990s. This paper argues that …

The Modern Chinese State is the first book to examine systematically the evolution of the
Chinese state from the late Ming Dynasty of the 17th century, through the Nationalist and …

The Chinese political system is the subject of much media and popular comment in part
because China supports an economy with an apparently inexorable dynamic and …