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This collection provides an interdisciplinary examination of China's rapid social, economic, political, and cultural transformation. It situates current legitimacy and constitutional debates in the context of the country's ideology and traditions and the wider global community.
List of contents
Introduction. Evolution of the CCP: Progress, Problems, and Prospects
by Xiaobing Li and Xiansheng Tian
Part One. Evolution and Revolution: From Mao to Deng
Chapter One. Local Revolution, Grassroots Mobilization and Wartime: Power Shift to the Rise of Communism
by Patrick Fuliang Shan
Chapter Two. Mao Zedong and the CCP: Adaptation, Centralization, and Succession
by Yi Sun and Xiaobing Li
Chapter Three. Mao's Death and Hua Guofeng's Tragedy
by Guangqiu Xu
Chapter Four. Personality and Politics: Deng Xiaoping's Return
by Jingyi Song
Part Two. Mountain Moving and Reconstruction: from Deng to Jiang
Chapter Five. Deng's Reform: Theory and Practice
by Enbao Wang
Chapter Six. Grooming the Titan: Deng and the PLA
by Sherman Xiaogang Lai
Chapter Seven. Freedom of Speech and China's Democratization
by Shuming Lu and Changfu Chang
Chapter Eight. Jiang Zemin: Technocrats vs. Bureaucratic System
by Liying Li and Denise Mowder
Part Three. Institution, Regulation, and Globalization: from Jiang to Hu
Chapter Nine. Mapping the Power-Capital Economy: Chinese Reform in Jiang's Era
by George Zhaohui Hong
Chapter Ten. Political Institutionalization and New Civil-Military Relations
by Pingchao Zhu
Chapter Eleven. Legal Reform Under Jiang
by Qiang Fang
Chapter Twelve. One System, Two Frames: News Reports on the WTO and SARS
by Changfu Chang
Chapter Thirteen. Hu Jintao's Rhetoric on Building a Modern Humane Government
by Shaorong Huang
Part Four. Struggle, Society, and Stability: from Hu to Xi
Chapter Fourteen. China's Evolving Civil Society and Grassroots Empowerment
by Jieli Li
Chapter Fifteen. Internet and Public Opinion: An Engine for Political Transformation?
by Zhinuo Wang
Chapter Sixteen. When Congqing Challenges Beijing: The Bo Xilai Case
by Xiansheng Tian
Chapter Seventeen. The Unity and Stability: Xi Jinping's Promise and the CCP's Future
by Xiaoxiao Li
Conclusion. Chinese Characters-Transformation and Continuity
by Xiaobing Li and Xiansheng Tian
Selected Bibliography
About the author
Xiaobing Li is professor and chair of the Department of History and Geography and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Xiansheng Tian is professor of history at Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado.
Summary
This collection provides an interdisciplinary examination of China's rapid social, economic, political, and cultural transformation. It situates current legitimacy and constitutional debates in the context of the country's ideology and traditions and the wider global community.
