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Third edition of a text originally published in 1980 and revised in 1984. An overview of contemporary Chinese politics from 1949 to 1989. Charts, tables and maps have been updated, and appendices contain the texts of some significant current documents. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date, this text provides facts and information--interspersed with analysis--in its examination of contemporary China and its political and economic developments.
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This comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date book provides information and analysis for a complete examination of contemporary China and its political and economic developments.Chapter topics include the origin and rise of the Chinese communist movement: from military communism to Deng's reforms; the erosion of Chinese communist ideology: Marxism-Leninism, Mao's thought, Dengism, and the thinking of Jiang Zemin; political institutions of the party-state: structural issues and the policy process; Elites and the Cadre System: leadership style, factionalism, succession, and recruitment; reform for a creditable Socialist legal system; provincial and local politics: centralism versus regionalism, national minorities, and the case of Tibet; Greater China: reversion of Hong Kong and Macao, and the Pearl River delta regional development, and the Taiwan Question; The military's role in Chinese politics; democracy, dissent, and the Tiananmen mass movement; the politics of modernization: rural and urban economic reforms; and the politics of modernization: education, science and technology, the open door policy, and the intellectuals.For individuals interested in Chinese politics.
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- PublisherPrentice-Hall
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0131699873
- ISBN 13 9780131699878
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages318
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