Ever since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, China has been at a crossroads. But
the signposts show not just two alternative directions, but three. There are, of course, the two …

Michael D. Swaine ne year after the tragerdy of Tananmen, the lead-ership of the People s
Republc of Ch ia remains committed to reestablishing the authority of the centralized …

The return of the Middle Kingdom to the center stage of history is the most significant geo‐
civilizaitonal development of the 21st Century. China's rise raises anew the great question …

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 …

China's post-1978 economic reform is generally acclaimed as success, for the Chinese
economy has expanded nine-fold in a matter of 25 years and the country rose from the …

China's approach toward post-Stalinist reform contrasts markedly with that of most other
former centrally planned economies. Eastern Europe and Russia have tried to move rapidly …

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 …

This book is based on a series of reports that Cheng Li, now an associate professor of
government at Hamilton College, wrote for the Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) while …

This book seeks to demystify the re-ascendancy of China as a civilization state. China's
politics and society are examined in the light of its living civilization, which is the only one of …

When external eyes turned to China 30 years ago (if they did at all), the focus was still on the
extent to which it might be breaking away from its socialist economic past. And though we …