A contended issue currently debated is whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can
adapt to the new era. There are two diverging views on this highly ideologically charged …

The Chinese party-state is restructuring its governing institutions, and is reinventing itself in
the process. China is not only remaking its public management, but it is also restructuring its …

One of the major issues of concern in contemporary China as well as in the international
community is the direction and manner in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will …

There have been noteworthy changes in the ways in which the Chinese Communist Party
assess, use, and manage its cadres under different historical conditions. Such changes are …

Background Although Chinese leadership has become infamous for undertaking economic
without political reform, important but often-overlooked changes in the formal system by …

This article examines the evolution of the effort to intro-duce a civil service system in China. It
began with the proposal in Zhao Ziyang's Report to the 13th Congress of the Communist …

Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to
the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the Party has recently carried out a …

The student demonstrations that took place in April-May 1989 and their brutal suppression in
June, exposed in tragic fashion the central problem of the reform movement during the …

This article addresses some of the most important mechanisms and instruments in the
Communist Party of China's (CPC) management of key officials and administrative …

Post-Mao politics in the People's Republic of China has been largely the politics of reform.
Probably crucial to the success of all other reforms is the major effort to restore and develop …