A new society and economy has blossomed in post-Mao China, but an old state holds it
back. The Chinese dynastic state's blend of idealism and realism, attachment to doctrine …

Rather than repudiate Mao's legacy, the post-revolutionary regime in China has sought to
recruit him in support of “reform and opening.” Beginning with Deng Xiaoping after 1978 …

After 1978, Maoism as a living mass ideological and social force in the People's Republic of
China largely died away. The Party state's legitimacy since that time has been based on a …

The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains
how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international …

Analysing post-Mao China is not an easy task, but it is essential in order to understand the
rationale and scope of the reform process started by the Chinese leadership under the …

Rumored dead in China at the end of 1984, Karl Marx rallied in 1985 to finish the year with a
firm, if irregular, pulse. But if Marxism had survived yet another year of post-Mao reforms, the …

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 …