China without Mao: The Search for a New Order

Now Available In An Up-to-date Edition, This Groundbreaking Book On Post-mao China, Written By The Distinguished Asian Scholar Immanuel C.y. Hsu, Explores The Astonishing Transformation That Has Occurred There. Since Mao Zedong's Death In 1976, China's Leaders Have Launched An Ambitious Modernization Program Aimed At Making Their Nation A Relatively Prosperous Socialist State By The Year 2000. Along With The First Edition's Examination Of The Smashing Of The Gang Of Four, The Evolution Of A New Order Under Deng Xiaoping, The Manner And Costs Of Modernization, And The Prospects For Reunification With Taiwan, The Second Edition Offers An Insider's View Into China's Policies Of Accelerated Economic Development And Opening To The Outside World, Adopted At A December 1978 Party Conference. Focusing On The Cultural Impact Of These Policies, Hsu Candidly Reveals Both The Improved Standard Of Living And The Serious Fundamental Problems - Including High Inflation, Widespread Corruption, Crises In Leadership, Loss Of Faith In Communism, And Especially The Recent Student Protests - Resulting From These Recent Developments. Including A Postscript On The June 1989 Massacre At Tian-an-men Square, This Extremely Timely Volume Will Serve As An Essential Guide For Anyone Seeking Insights Into The Highly Volatile State Of Affairs In China Today. 1. The Smashing Of The Gang Of Four. The Deaths Of National Leaders. The Gang Of Four. Mao And The Gang -- 2. Deng Xiaoping And China's New Order. Deng's Rehabilitation. Deng's Drive For Political Dominance. The Demystification Of Mao -- 3. The Normalization Of Relations Between China And The United States. The Normalization Of Diplomatic Relations. The Normalization Of Trade And Other Relations -- 4. The Four Modernizations. The Ten-year Plan. Major Problems Of Modernization: Capital, Manpower And Planning. Retrenchment And Revised Priorities. Profit, Material Incentive, And Structural. Reorganization. The Consequences Of Rapid Modernization. Foreign Value And Chinese Essence -- 5. The End Of The Maoist Age. The Trial Of The Gang Of Four And The Lin Biao Group. Assessments Of Mao. A New Leadership And A New Order. Chinese Communism: A Thirty-five-year Review -- 6. Building Socialism With Chinese Characteristics. The Vision Of Deng Xiaoping. Agricultural Reform. Industrial Reform. The Open-door Policy. Future Prospects Of Growth -- 7. China In Transition, 1986-88: The Cultural Impact Of The Open-door Policy. Student Demonstrations. The Thirteenth Party Congress. The Coastal Development Plan. Society In Flux: Rising Inflation And Falling Ethics -- 8. Taiwan's Economic Miracle And The Prospect For Unification With Mainland China. Causes Of Taiwan's Economic Success. The Prospects For Reunification -- 9. Postscript: The Violent Crackdown At Tian-an-men Square, June 3-4, 1989. The Gathering Storm. The Party Split. The Mind-set Of The Gerontocracy. The Massacre. Rewriting History. Guide To Pinyin And Wade-giles Systems. Immanuel C.y. Hsü. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References.