The Gradual Revolution

by Wang,Hui

• ISBN13: 9781560001690
• ISBN10: 1560001690
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-04-01
• Publisher: Transaction Pub

Summary

China's Economic Reform Movement: Almost a half-century has passed since the inception of the People's Republic of China. In that time a charismatic leader has ruled & died, leaving a wake of destruction in his quest to transform China. Today, China fluctuates between tradition & modernity, ideology & pragmatism, between an antiquated collectivist ethic & a new spirit of individualism. It is a country precariously suspended between past & future. The book is a long overdue reassessment of the meaning & purpose of the Chinese communist revolution. Author discusses the thought of Mao Zedong & Deng Xiaoping, reform & its dilemmas, regionalism in greater China & autonomous areas, & nationalism. She also examines China's immediate present & uncertain future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Early Reform (1979 to 1984)	p. 21
The First Phase: Reforming China's Centrally Planned System	p. 65
Analyzing Reform Since the Mid-1980s	p. 103
The Second-Phase Reform: Moving Toward the Market	p. 147
Conclusions	p. 185
References	p. 219
Index	p. 223
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