China's Second Revolution
Reform After Mao
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2010
369 pages
978-0-8157-0728-8 (ISBN)
Description
China has, since 1976, been enmeshed in an extraordinary program of renewal and reform. The obvious changes¿the T-shirts, blue jeans, makeup and jewelry worn by Chinese youth; the disco music blaring from radios and loudspeakers on Chinese streets; the television antennas mushrooming from both urban apartment complexes and suburban peasant housing; the bustling free markets selling meat, vegetables and clothing in China's major cities¿reflect a fundamental shift in the government's policy toward the economy and political life.
Although doubts about the long-term commitment to reform arose after the student protests in December 1986 and the dismissal of Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang in January 1987, the scope of reform has been so broad and the pace of change so rapid, that the post-Mao era fully warrants Den Xiaoping's description of it as the ""second revolution"" undertaken by the Chinese Communist Party.
Although doubts about the long-term commitment to reform arose after the student protests in December 1986 and the dismissal of Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang in January 1987, the scope of reform has been so broad and the pace of change so rapid, that the post-Mao era fully warrants Den Xiaoping's description of it as the ""second revolution"" undertaken by the Chinese Communist Party.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-0-8157-0728-8 (9780815707288)
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Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- 1. Overview
- PART 1: The Origin of Reform
- 2. The Legacy of Mao Zedong
- The Economic Legacy
- The Tradition of Foreign Economic Relations
- The Political Heritage
- A Balance Sheet
- The Pressures for Reform
- 3. The Rise of the Reformers
- The Chinese Political Spectrum in 1976
- The Evolution of the Political Spectrum since the Death of Mao
- Conclusion
- 4. The Course of Reform
- A Chronology of Reform
- The Division between Moderate and Radical Reformers
- The Politics of Reform
- Conclusion
- PART 2: The Content of Reform
- 5. Restructuring the Economy
- The Moderate Economic Reforms
- The Radical Economic Reforms
- Conclusion
- 6. Opening China to the World Economy
- The Decentralization and Expansion of Trade
- Trade Imbalances and China's Use of Foreign Credit
- Technological Exchange
- Foreign Investment in China
- Special Economic Zones and Open Cities
- Conclusion
- 7. Liberalizing Political Life
- The Moderate Political Reforms
- The Limits to the Moderate Political Reforms
- Proposals for Radical Reform
- The Controversy over Radical Political Reforms
- Conclusion
- 8. Institutionalizing the post-Mao Reforms
- Reforming the Political Process
- Redefining Organizational Roles and Relationships
- Arranging for the Succession
- Conclusion
- PART 3: The Future of Reform
- 9. China and the International Community
- The Current Impact
- Prospects
- Implications for the United States
- 10. The Future of the Second Revolution
- The Balance Sheet
- The Political Base for Reform
- Possible Scenarios
- Notes
- Index
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