This chapter concerns socialist modernisation and a xiaokang (moderately well-off) society.
Since Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, the 'four modernisations' have focused on agriculture …

Since Deng Xiaoping's administration that began in 1978, the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) has oscillated between two main pursuits: economic growth and social equality …

China is on the verge of achieving a long-anticipated xiaokang society, which means a
moderately well-off, healthy, and peaceful society. But what is the origin of this term and how …

THE DENG XIAOPING model of developmental socialism is much more tentative and
pragmatic than its forerunner, stepping gingerly from stone to stone in a stream (to use a …

The planning exercise itself is a great vision that looks forward to the mid-century and to
China's unequalled position as the largest world economy and as a civilisation whose …

Since the reform and opening up, tremendous changes have taken place in China. The
initial objective of building a xiaokang or moderately prosperous society developed into a …

Abstract Deng Xiaoping Theory (lilun) is a major key to understanding socialism with
Chinese characteristics. The problem is that Deng's thought remains significantly under …

2050 China: Becoming a Great Modern Socialist Country, address some key issues
regarding China's political system, Chinese road to socialism and modernization. The …

China's post–Cultural Revolution economic reforms were based on Deng Xiaoping's
“Socialism with Chinese characteristics,” a theory of incorporating capitalism into central …

Perhaps never in human history has an established society gone through such a total
transformation, without a war, violent revolution or economic collapse, as did China with the …