China&#039;s Second Revolution: Reform after Mao

Harry Harding

doi:10.5771/9780815707288

Summary

China has, since 1976, been enmeshed in an extraordinary program of renewal and reform. The obvious changesthe 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 citiesreflect 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.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2010
Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8157-3462-8
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8157-0728-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 369
Product type: Book Titles

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1. Overview No access Pages 1 - 8
1. 1. The Economic Legacy No access
  2. The Tradition of Foreign Economic Relations No access
  3. The Political Heritage No access
  4. A Balance Sheet No access
  5. The Pressures for Reform No access
2. 1. The Chinese Political Spectrum in 1976 No access
  2. The Evolution of the Political Spectrum since the Death of Mao No access
  3. Conclusion No access
3. 1. A Chronology of Reform No access
  2. The Division between Moderate and Radical Reformers No access
  3. The Politics of Reform No access
  4. Conclusion No access
1. 1. The Moderate Economic Reforms No access
  2. The Radical Economic Reforms No access
  3. Conclusion No access
2. 1. The Decentralization and Expansion of Trade No access
  2. Trade Imbalances and China's Use of Foreign Credit No access
  3. Technological Exchange No access
  4. Foreign Investment in China No access
  5. Special Economic Zones and Open Cities No access
  6. Conclusion No access
3. 1. The Moderate Political Reforms No access
  2. The Limits to the Moderate Political Reforms No access
  3. Proposals for Radical Reform No access
  4. The Controversy over Radical Political Reforms No access
  5. Conclusion No access
4. 1. Reforming the Political Process No access
  2. Redefining Organizational Roles and Relationships No access
  3. Arranging for the Succession No access
  4. Conclusion No access
1. 1. The Current Impact No access
  2. Prospects No access
  3. Implications for the United States No access
2. 1. The Balance Sheet No access
  2. The Political Base for Reform No access
  3. Possible Scenarios No access
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