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China Briefing, 1991 is the tenth in a series of annual assessments
copublished by The Asia Society and Westview Press, focusing on the
aftereffects of Tiananmen on China's domestic politics, economics,
society, and foreign relations.
This book explores the external and internal forces shaping the
country, by tracing political, economic, military, social, and
cultural trends in the People's Republic of China. It helps to
further understanding of what has happened in China in the recent
past.
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, international attention
has focused on China as the only remaining communist giant. This
latest volume in the China Briefing series explores the external
and internal forces now shaping the country, with essays by
prominent scholars tracing political, economic, military, social,
and cultural trends in the P
China Briefing, 1991 is the tenth in a series of annual assessments
copublished by The Asia Society and Westview Press, focusing on the
aftereffects of Tiananmen on China's domestic politics, economics,
society, and foreign relations.
The chapters in this latest edition of China Briefing reflect
broadly on China's transformation in the twentieth century. The
authors not only examine developments in China over the 1997-1999
period, but also place these events in a wider historical
perspective by addressing the following questions: Where has China
traveled over the course of the century? To what extent has it been
transformed, and how? What are the enduring themes or points of
continuity, even during a century of great change and
transformation? And what are China's prospects for the future?
On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated
the 60th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and
tumultuous six decades it had been. During that time, under the
leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China was
transformed from one of the world's poorest countries into the
world's fastest growing major economy, and from a weak state barely
able to govern or protect its own territory to a rising power that
is challenging the United States for global influence. Over those
same years, the PRC also experienced the most deadly famine in
human history, caused largely by the actions and inactions of its
political leaders. Not long after, there was a collapse of
government authority that pushed the country to the brink of (and
in some places actually into) civil war and anarchy. Today, China
is, for the most part, peaceful, prospering, and proud. This is the
China that was on display for the world to see during the Beijing
Olympics in 2008. The CCP maintains a firm grip on power through a
combination of popular support largely based on its recent record
of promoting rapid economic growth and harsh repression of
political opposition. Yet, the party and country face serious
challenges on many fronts, including a slowing economy,
environmental desecration, pervasive corruption, extreme
inequalities, and a rising tide of social protest. The third
edition of Politics in China has been extensively revised,
thoroughly updated, and includes a new chapter on the internet and
Politics in China. It is an authoritative introduction to how the
world's most populous nation and rapidly rising global power is
governed today. Written by leading China scholars, the book's
chapters offers accessible overviews of major periods in China's
modern political history from the mid-nineteenth century to the
present, key topics in contemporary Chinese politics, and
developments in four important areas located on China's geographic
periphery: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated
the 60th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and
tumultuous six decades it had been. During that time, under the
leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China was
transformed from one of the world's poorest countries into the
world's fastest growing major economy, and from a weak state barely
able to govern or protect its own territory to a rising power that
is challenging the United States for global influence. Over those
same years, the PRC also experienced the most deadly famine in
human history, caused largely by the actions and inactions of its
political leaders. Not long after, there was a collapse of
government authority that pushed the country to the brink of (and
in some places actually into) civil war and anarchy. Today, China
is, for the most part, peaceful, prospering, and proud. This is the
China that was on display for the world to see during the Beijing
Olympics in 2008. The CCP maintains a firm grip on power through a
combination of popular support largely based on its recent record
of promoting rapid economic growth and harsh repression of
political opposition. Yet, the party and country face serious
challenges on many fronts, including a slowing economy,
environmental desecration, pervasive corruption, extreme
inequalities, and a rising tide of social protest. The third
edition of Politics in China has been extensively revised,
thoroughly updated, and includes a new chapter on the internet and
Politics in China. It is an authoritative introduction to how the
world's most populous nation and rapidly rising global power is
governed today. Written by leading China scholars, the book's
chapters offers accessible overviews of major periods in China's
modern political history from the mid-nineteenth century to the
present, key topics in contemporary Chinese politics, and
developments in four important areas located on China's geographic
periphery: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated
the 60th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and
tumultuous six decades it had been. During that time, under the
leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China was
transformed from one of the world's poorest countries into the
world's fastest growing major economy, and from a weak state barely
able to govern or protect its own territory to a rising power that
is challenging the United States for global influence. Over those
same years, the PRC also experienced the most deadly famine in
human history, caused largely by the actions and inactions of its
political leaders. Not long after, there was a collapse of
government authority that pushed the country to the brink of (and
in some places actually into) civil war and anarchy. Today, China
is, for the most part, peaceful, prospering, and proud. This is the
China that was on display for the world to see during the Beijing
Olympics in 2008. The CCP maintains a firm grip on power through a
combination of popular support largely based on its recent record
of promoting rapid economic growth and harsh repression of
political opposition. Yet, the party and country face serious
challenges on many fronts, including a slowing economy,
environmental desecration, pervasive corruption, extreme
inequalities, and a rising tide of social protest. Politics in
China is an authoritative introduction to how the world's most
populous nation and rapidly rising global power is governed today.
Written by leading China scholars, the book's chapters offers
accessible overviews of major periods in China's modern political
history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, key topics
in contemporary Chinese politics, and developments in four
important areas located on China's geographic periphery: Tibet,
Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
This newest China Briefing provides a retrospective analysis of
important events in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in the mid-1990s
and a prospective look at some of the issues that will shape these
areas as they each move toward decisive turning points in their
distinct yet intertwined histories. The volume includes chapters on
politics, economics, U.S.-China relations, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
gender, and popular culture and concludes with a detailed
chronology covering the period from mid-1994 through mid-1996.
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