Contemporary Chinese Politics: An Introduction

*Romanization of Chinese Names of Persons and Places*Introduction: Historical and Cultural Perspectives*The Origin and Rise of the Chinese Communist Movement*From Military Communism to Deng's Reforms*The Erosion of Chinese Communist Ideology: Marxism-Leninism, Mao's Thought, Dengism, and the Thinking of Jiang Zemin*Political Institutions of the Party-State: Structural Issues and the Policy Process*Elites and the Cadre System: Leadership Style, Factionalism, Succession, and Recruitment*Reform for a Creditable Socialist Legal System*Provincial and Local Politics: Centralism versus Regionalism, National Minorities, and the Case of Tibet*Greater South China: Reversion of Hong Kong and Macao, and the Pearl River Delta Regional Development*The Military's Role in Chinese Politics*Democracy, Dissent, and the Tiananmen Mass Movement*The Politics of Modernization: Rural and Urban Economic Reforms*The Politics of Modernization: Education, Science and Technology, the Open Door Policy, and the Intellectuals*Appendix A: The Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1982)*Appendix B: The Constitution of the Communist Party of China (1982)*Appendix B-1: Revision of Some Articles of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (1987)*Appendix B-2: Amendment to the CCP Constitution (September 1997)*Index