Changes in China: Party, State, and SocietyShao Chuan Leng Under Deng Xiaoping's dynamic leadership, the People's Republic of China has embarked on a highly significant and ambitious modernization drive resulting in various political, economic, and social changes. It is to the nature and extent of the reform program that the book addresses itself. There is general consensus among the authors that important changes are taking place in Deng's China that affect various segments of the society. Most authors seem to believe that although beset with problems and difficulties, current reforms and changes are likely to be continued and expanded in the years ahead. Contents: include: The Modernization of China: 19th and 20th Century Comparisons and Contrasts; Does the CCP have a "Line"?; Reform, Succession, and the Resurgence of China's Old Guard; China's Future Leaders: The Third-Echelon Cadres; Students, Intellectuals, and Political Reform in Mainland China; Habits of the Heart: Intellectual Assumptions Reflected by Chinese Reformers fr Tuo to Fang Lizhi; China's Economic Reform at the Crossroads; The Limits of Economic Change: Lessons from Mainland China; Changing Status of Women in the PRC; New Trends in Marriage and Family in Mainland China: Impacts from the Four Modernizations Campaign; Military Modernization and Defense Policy in the People's Republic of China; Deng Xiaoping and Modernization of the Chinese Military; Change and Continuity in Contemporary PRC Foreign Policy: Implications for the United States; and Recent Legal Issues Between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Co-published with the Miller Center for Public Affairs. |
Contents
The Modernization of China 19th and 20th Century Comparisons and Contrasts | 3 |
Does the CCP Have a Line? | 17 |
II POLITICAL REFORM | 39 |
Reform Succession and the Resurgence of Chinas Old Guard | 41 |
Chinas Future Leaders The Third Echelon Cadres | 61 |
III ROLE OF INTELLECTUALS | 87 |
Students Intellectuals and Political Reform in Mainland China | 89 |
Habits of the Heart Intellectual Assumptions Reflected by Chinese Reformers from Deng Tuo to Fang Lizhi | 117 |
V SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | 199 |
Changing Status of Women in the PRC | 201 |
New Trends in Marriage and Family in Mainland China Impacts from the Four Modernizations Campaign | 225 |
Military Modernization and Defense Policy in the Peoples Republic of China | 247 |
Deng Xiaoping and Modernization of the Chinese Military | 269 |
VII FOREIGN POLICY | 291 |
Change and Continuity in Contemporary PRC Foreign Policy Implications for the United States | 293 |
Recent Legal Issues Between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China | 315 |
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