There have been, in general, two views about China's post-Mao transition. One is
encapsulated in the phrase “market-Leninism,” suggesting that the classic Leninist political …

Feng Chen's new book, the latest in the political-economy-of-China genre, as sesses the
impact of China's current economic reforms on the political future of the Chinese Communist …

The avowed purpose of this book is to examine the historical, economic and political
background to China's transformation since 1978 from the Maoist system of totalitarian …

This paper attempts a character study of China's economic system under Mao to uncover
changes and continuities between Mao's economy and post-Mao Chinese economic …

Deng Xiaoping was tagged as a “right opportunist” by Mao's fanatic “Red Guards” during the
1966 “Cultural Revolution.” The “Red Guards” placed a dunce cap on Deng's head and …

The two years following the death of Mao saw much confusion in the Party. Legitimacy had
been damaged by the Cultural Revolution notion that the Party, rather than being a pure …

Abstract “Politics at the helm,”“political work is the lifeblood of all economic work.” In China,
far more than elsewhere, economics is indissociable from politics. Six years after the death …

The downfall of the communist regimes of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union has given
rise to a crucial debate in China, the last major bastion of communist countries in the world …

The present paper will focus on the evolution of economic and political reform in the post-
Mao era. It will be argued that although economic reforms were being introduced and …

A central part of Mao's legacy is what is referred to in this essay as the Maoist tradition. It
contains the values and concepts inherent in Mao's approach to China's society, culture …