Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China

by Mackerras,Colin

• ISBN13: 9780415250672
• ISBN10: 0415250676
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-01-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

As China's political and economic development comes under closer scrutiny, thisDictionarywill prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in contemporary China. As well as proving valuable to students and academics of political science, economics, history and Asian studies, it will be of use to government officials, business people and media professionals with current or future connections in the region.

Author Biography

Colin Mackerras is Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Modern Asian Studies, Griffith University, Queensland Donald H. McMillen is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Southern Queensland Andrew Watson is Professor and Head of the Centre for Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide, South Australia

Table of Contents

Contributors	viii
Map of China	x
Introduction	xi
Introductory essays
Overview History of the People's Republic of China	3	(6)
Government and Institutions	9	(4)
Ideology: Radicalism and Reform	13	(4)
Political Personae: Biographical Profiles	17	(4)
Politics and the Economy: Policy Patterns and Issues	21	(6)
Peoples of China	27	(6)
Regional China	33	(6)
China, the Region and the World	39	(4)
Taiwan and the Overseas Chinese	43	(206)
Dictionary
agriculture (policies, organizations, units)	49	(3)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)	52	(1)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)	53	(1)
Australia	54	(2)
Beijing Municipality	56	(1)
Bo Yibo	57	(2)
capitalists/entrepreneurs	59	(1)
Central Military Commission	60	(1)
Chen Boda	61	(1)
Chen Yi	61	(1)
Chen Yun	62	(1)
Chi Haotian	63	(1)
Chinese Communist Party	64	(2)
Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and Politburo	66	(3)
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	69	(1)
collective agriculture	70	(2)
collective sector (non-agricultural)	72	(2)
Constitutions (State and Party)	74	(1)
cultural policy	75	(2)
Cultural Revolution	77	(2)
Daqing	79	(1)
Dazhai	79	(1)
Democracy Wall	80	(1)
democratic parties	81	(1)
Deng Xiaoping	82	(2)
dissidents	84	(2)
education policy and system	86	(3)
electoral laws	89	(1)
energy policy	90	(1)
environment policy	91	(3)
financial policy	94	(1)
Four Modernizations	95	(2)
gang of four	97	(1)
gender equality	98	(1)
Great Leap Forward	99	(1)
Guangzhou	100	(2)
health policy	102	(1)
health system	103	(1)
Hong Kong	104	(2)
Hongqi (Red Flag)	106	(1)
household registration (hukou)	107	(1)
housing	108	(2)
Hu Jintao	110	(1)
Hu Qili	110	(1)
Hu Yaobang	111	(1)
Hua Guofeng	112	(1)
Hundred Flowers Movement	113	(1)
industry	114	(2)
international trade	116	(3)
Japan, relations with	119	(1)
Jiang Chunyun	120	(1)
Jiang Zemin	120	(2)
joint ventures	122	(2)
June 4 Incident	124	(2)
Kang Sheng	126	(1)
Korea, policy on	126	(1)
Korean War	127	(2)
labour policy and system	129	(2)
law, socialist theory of	131	(1)
legal system (administrative, criminal, economic)	132	(3)
Li Lanqing	135	(1)
Li Peng	136	(1)
Li Ruihuan	137	(1)
Li Tieying	138	(1)
Li Xiannian	139	(1)
Liao Chengzhi	139	(1)
Lin Biao	140	(1)
Liu Huaqing	141	(1)
Liu Shaoqi	142	(2)
local government/administration	144	(1)
Lu Ping	145	(2)
Macau	147	(1)
Mao Zedong	148	(2)
Mao Zedong Thought	150	(2)
Marriage Laws	152	(2)
media issues and policy	154	(1)
minority nationalities policy	155	(3)
National Party Congress	158	(1)
National People's Congress	159	(2)
New China (Xinhua) News Agency	161	(1)
new entrepreneurs	161	(2)
non-governmental organizations	163	(2)
one country, two systems	165	(1)
Overseas Chinese policy	165	(3)
People's Bank of China	168	(1)
People's Daily	169	(1)
People's Liberation Army	170	(2)
planning, economic	172	(2)
police force	174	(1)
population policy	175	(2)
princelings	177	(1)
prison system	178	(1)
private sector	179	(1)
protest movements	180	(2)
provincial government	182	(2)
Qian Qichen	184	(1)
Qiao Shi	185	(2)
revolutionary committees	187	(2)
science and technology	189	(1)
Seypidin Azizi (Ayze)	190	(1)
Shandong	191	(1)
Shanghai	192	(2)
Sichuan	194	(2)
Sino-Indian Border War (1962)	196	(1)
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)	196	(1)
Sixth Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee	197	(2)
Song Ping	199	(1)
South China Sea	199	(2)
Soviet Union, relations with	201	(2)
special economic zones	203	(1)
State Council	204	(2)
state economic structures	206	(2)
Taiwan policy	208	(1)
Taiwanese--PRC trade and investment	209	(2)
Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee	211	(1)
Third World policy	212	(1)
Three Gorges Dam	213	(1)
Tiananmen Incident (1976)	214	(1)
Tibet Autonomous Region	215	(1)
Tibetans	216	(2)
township and village enterprises	218	(1)
transport and telecommunications	219	(2)
Tung Chee-hwa	221	(2)
unit	223	(1)
United Nations policy	224	(1)
United States policy	225	(2)
Wan Li	227	(1)
Wang Zhen	227	(1)
Wei Jianxing	228	(1)
welfare policy	229	(1)
women (organizations, political role)	230	(3)
World Trade Organization	233	(1)
Wu Bangguo	234	(2)
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region	236	(1)
Xu Jiatun	237	(2)
Yang Shangkun	239	(1)
Yao Yilin	240	(1)
Ye Jianying	240	(1)
youth policy and organizations	241	(3)
Zhang Wannian	244	(1)
Zhao Ziyang	244	(2)
Zhou Enlai	246	(1)
Zhu Rongji	247	(1)
Zou Jiahua	248	(1)
Further Reading	249	(12)
Index	261