1st Edition

China Briefing, 1988

Edited By Anthony J. Kane Copyright 1988
    190 Pages
    by Routledge

    190 Pages
    by Routledge

    China Briefing, 1988 approaches the events of the previous year differently from past volumes in the series, providing a long-term perspective on the dramatic developments of spring and summer 1987. Senior China specialists examine the student demonstrations and their aftermath in the larger context of the 40-year history of the People's Republic o

    Preface -- 1987: Politics Back in Command -- Low Expectations, High Growth: The Economy and Reform in 1987 -- Foreign Policy in 1987: Independent Rhetoric, Pragmatic Policy -- Back Where We Started: Culture in 1987 -- Students -- Law -- Taiwan and Hong Kong, 1987: A Review -- 1987: A Chronology -- : Post-Congress Leadership of the Chinese Communist Party -- : Biographical Profiles Politburo Standing Committee of the Thirteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party -- : Chinese Students' Letter to the Central Committee

    Biography

    Anthony J. Kane, Volume Editor