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 …

Minxin Pei thinks that China's transition from communism to democracy is stalled. Pei, a
senior associate and the director of the China Program at the Carnegie Endowment for …

The authoritarian regime in China emerged after Mao's rule. It was successful not despite
brutality, but precisely because of brutality. It was a regime policy that insured stability and …

China's reform era is ending. Core factors that characterized it—political stability, ideological
openness, and rapid economic growth—are unraveling. In part, this is the result of Beijing's …

This book provides a fascinating perspective of the experiences of China's reform in the past
three decades by focusing on China's interaction with and learning from the external world …

As the People's Republic of China approaches a half century of existence, it seems to be an
anomaly. Not only has it survived “the mass extinction of Leninist regimes,” it also continues …

Since the launch of the reforms in 1979, most striking has been China's tremendous ability to
adapt to—and therefore to resist—the Communist Party, its leadership and its nomenklatura …

This volume illuminates the relationship of China's radical past to its reformist present as
China makes a way forward through very differently conceived and contested visions of the …

Since the death of Mao, China has entered a new period in its development. Turning away
from the all-encompassing emphasis on revolutionary struggle and ideological …

Winner, The Lionel Gelber Prize Silver Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award For decades,
China's rise to power was characterized by its reassurance that this rise would be peaceful …