China's Transition

by Nathan, Andrew J.; Shi, Tianjian; Ho, Helena V. S.

• ISBN13: 9780231110228
• ISBN10: 0231110227
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

With more than one billion people, China represents both an ocean of economic opportunity and a frustrating backwater of continuing brutal political repression. What are the prospects for democratic evolution in a nation with one of the world's poorest human rights records? How have other nations responded to China since the recent, dramatic opening of its economic system-and how should they respond in the future? These are some of the most important questions confronting both the United States and the international community.On democracy, human rights, and the move to integrate China into the international economy; on Mao Zedong's regime and the reform since his death; and on the Taiwan experiment and Hong Kong's reintegration with China, Nathan offers an accessible introduction to the intricate web of contemporary Chinese politics and China's changing place in the global system.

Author Biography

Andrew J. Nathan is professor of politics at Columbia University

Table of Contents

TABLES AND FIGURES	XIII
1. China Bites Back	1	(14)
2. A History of Cruelty	15	(11)
3. Mao and His Court	26	(23)
4. Maoist Institutions and Post-Mao Reform	49	(14)
5. Chinese Democracy: The Lessons of Failure	63	(14)
6. The Democratic Vision	77	(13)
7. The Decision for Reform in Taiwan	90	(22)
Helena V.S. Ho
8. Electing Taiwan's Legislature	112	(15)
9. The Struggle for Hong Kong's Future	127	(9)
10. Is Chinese Culture Distinctive?	136	(16)
11. Cultural Requisites for Democracy in China	152	(22)
Tianjian Shi
12. Left and Right in Deng's China	174	(24)
Tianjian Shi
13. The Place of Values in Cross-Cultural Studies	198	(19)
14. The Chinese Volcano	217	(14)
15. The Constitutionalist Option	231	(15)
16. Human Rights and American China Policy	246	(17)
NOTES	263	(32)
INDEX	295