The Fourteenth Congress Of The Chinese Communist Party

This report reviews the far-reaching impact of the October 1992 Chinese Communist Party Congress.

The author describes the significant changes in China's leadership and their likely effect on the country's political and economic development.

Reviewing the main points of the congress report - which reaffirm China's socialist structure while conversely calling for the development of a market economy - Bachman evaluates the future of the Chinese Communist Party and its leaders in an era of economic reform and opening to the outside world.