China's Reforms and Reformers

✍ Scribed by Alfred K. Ho

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 184
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ever since the death of Mao, China has undergone a transformation almost as radical as the Communist Revolution that Mao instigated. This book tells the stories of the many difficult economic, political, and social struggles that have taken place in post-Maoist China. Using both Chinese and non-Chinese sources, Alfred K. Ho unravels the complexities of life in China during the past generation. As Ho explains, contemporary Chinese are seeking to find solutions to their problems that reflect their own cultural values. As such, reform in China cannot be seen solely as an effort to emulate the West, especially the free market and democratic United States. Rather, Ho places current efforts at reform as part of a prolonged and continual process by Chinese to deal with their internal problems as well as the challenges and opportunities they face as a result of greater contact with the outside world.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
1 The Revolution......Page 10
2 The Wars......Page 30
3 Development under Mao......Page 60
4 On the Eve of the Reforms......Page 84
5 Deng's Economic Reforms......Page 90
6 Deng's Political Reforms......Page 124
7 Military Modernization......Page 136
8 Reforms in Foreign Affairs......Page 140
9 Loss of the Leader......Page 168
Conclusion......Page 170
K......Page 172
Z......Page 173
Selected Bibliography......Page 176
D......Page 180
M......Page 181
S......Page 182
Z......Page 183