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This highly respected text demonstrates how the government of the world's most populous nation has been significantly affected by attempts to harmonize the unique nature of its indigenous culture with a variety of influences and ideas from outside.

China faces many challenges to its traditional economic, legal, social, and cultural structures. This text provides students with a clear sense of how this transition is taking place, what its effects on the current leaders and policies are, and how the system might evolve in the future.

• A clear discussion of Chinese culture and people provides insight into the complex issues facing current leaders and citizens.

• A balance of historical and political information shows how the Chinese system has been developed and how it is changing in the 21st Century.

• In addition to covering the major topics—the economy, the legal system, the military, and the media/arts—this text also integrates emerging issues and themes concerning ideology, human rights, and the role of women.

• A concluding chapter draws together the importance of the different areas mentioned above, assesses successes and failures of the Chinese communist system, and sketches out possible scenarios for the future.

• URLs for Web sites about Chinese politics and culture allow students to explore key topics in further depth and access the latest information as the story of China evolves.

• Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship, with an expanded section on central-local government relations.

• Includes extensive coverage of the results of the 2000 Chinese census and the National People's Congress.

• More information on human rights has been added to demonstrate how this major issue has been played out over the last few years, and how Western ideologies and practices are being integrated into China's cultural and political traditions.

Preface.


 1. Introduction.


 2. The Chinese Tradition.


 3. Reformers, Warlords, and Communists.


 4. The Communist Road to Power.


 5. PRC Politics Under Mao: 1949-1976.


 6. PRC Politics in the Post-Mao Era: 1976-2002.


 7. The Politics of the Economy.


 8. Crime and Punishment: The Legal System of the PRC.


 9. The Role of the Military.


10. Education.


11. Quality-of-Life Issues: Health, Demography, and the Environment.


12. Conformity and Dissent: The Politics of the Arts and Journalism.


13. Ethnic Minorities and National Integration.


14. Foreign Policy.


15. Conclusions.


Selected Bibliography.


Index.

History of China  (Western and World History)
Chinese Politics  (Political Science)

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