In 1976, at the death of its longtime leader Mao Zedong, China was in a state of economic
stagnation and social chaos. Mao's radical policies and continual political campaigns …

In The Legacy of Tiananmen, James AR Miles asks whether senior leader Deng Xiaoping's
gamble that prosperity would bring stability to China has worked or whether, instead, the …

China collapse into disunity or even civil war? These are challenging questions with no easy
answers, and I have been asked both many times over the last few years, in China itself as …

For observers of China, 1993 may very well be remembered as the year of the'China
miracle'. Bedazzled by China's star economic performance, virtually every business or public …

A guide to China since the death of Mao Zedong, explaining and assessing the political
conficts and developments of the post-Mao era and the dramatic economic transformations …

The 'rise of China'discourse involves two critical issues: whether China is rising or has
risen? If the answer is yes, will China be a status quo power or a revisionist power? The …

“Peaceful Rise” is China's key strategic concept proposed by China's fourth generation
leaders in order to maximize China's development opportunities by countering the …

Ever since the death of Mao, China has undergone a transformation almost as radical as the
Communist Revolution that Mao instigated. This book tells the stories of the many difficult …

This book provides a comprehensive and balanced view of the main transformations that are
happening in the Chinese economy today. This view has developed from more than 200 …