China in 1993 was gripped by two fundamental processes. One was economic-the workings
of the primary stage of capitalismand the other was natural-Deng Xiaoping's imminent …

China in mid-1990 stands at the edge of an uncertain future. Not since the death of Mao
Zedong in 1976 have Chinese leaders faced such serious economic, social, and political …

Parris H. Chang he abrupt dsm ssal of Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu
Yaobang in January 1987 and the subsequent dr ye against" bourgeois lberalization" have …

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 …

Throughout 1994, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese people waited for
Deng Xiaoping to die. Succession and institutionalizing the economic reform process were …

A s this spring's campaign for democracy grew to enormous proportions, dividing the
country's leadership and paralyzing Beijing and other cities, it was apparent that the political …

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 …

With Deng Xiaoping preparing to “meet Marx,” speculation over the future shape and
stability of the Chinese polity has mounted steadily. In the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen …

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 …

China's Ninth National People's Congress (NPC), convened in March 1998, established a
new NPC and a new cabinet. Is NPC still much like a? rubber stamp? as before? Will the …