This book, first published in 1980, addresses the questions raised by the death of Mao Zedong and the arrest of the 'Gang of Four'. Was China reverting to a capitalist form of …
China has, since 1976, been enmeshed in an extraordinary program of renewal and reform. The obvious changes—the T-shirts, blue jeans, makeup and jewelry worn by Chinese youth; …
M Goldman, R MacFarquhar - 1999 - books.google.com
China's bold program of reforms launched in the late 1970s--the move to a market economy and the opening to the outside world--ended the political chaos and economic stagnation of …
Z Weiwei - International Herald Tribune, 2006 - sinoptic.ch
They know that only three decades ago, China was as poor as Malawi. But while the latter remains among the world's poorest, China's economy has expanded nine-fold. Indeed, the …
During 1957 and 1958 Mao was seized by a vision that the Chinese economy could develop rapidly in leaps and bounds by relying on intuition and mass spontaneity. As a …
DL Yang - Remaking the Chinese state, 2003 - taylorfrancis.com
Though Mao sought to remedy the ills of bureaucratism through permanent revolution and new modes of organization, by the time of his death China had “one of the most …
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 …
It is now common to hear Mao Zedong referred to as a modern-day'emperor,'and the authors argue that Mao can best be compared to a specific imperial predecessor, Ming Taizu, the …
On the centennial of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the definitive history of how Mao and his successors overcame incredible odds to gain and keep power. Mao …