Twenty-five years ago, in a celebrated rebuttal to various theories of 4'convergence" then in
vogue, Zbigniew Brzeziński and Samuel Huntington argued that neither technological …

In order to prevent economic or political crises in the early 1990s, the Chinese leadership
decided to resume economic reforms. In 1992, China declared that a market economy was …

This article attempts to provide explanations and arguments to posit that Maoist socialism
was a great leap forward in terms of its objectives and overall achievements despite heavy …

China began its transition to a market economy nearly thirty years ago under an
authoritarian and hierarchical political system. Today, after market transition has wrought …

China's basic work units, collectively known as the danwei system, have undergone
significant reform, particularly since 1984. The author examines how this system operates …

The reform programme launched under Deng Xiaoping's tutelage in 1978 has affected every
aspect of life in China and left no institution untouched. The reforms have led to a significant …

China's leaders since the death of Mao Zedong have tried to reform the political system so
as to reduce the level of political coercion, increase the use of rational/legal processes, put …

By the time Mao Zedong passed away in 1976, China was inching toward a general political
and economic paralysis if not a dire collapse. Mao's successor, Hua Guofeng, did realize …

Since the Chinese leadership's decision in the early 1970s to pursue an extensive program
of economic modernization, major political economic reforms have been anticipated …