Reforming the Revolution: China in Transition

A guide to China since the death of Mao Zedong, explaining and assessing the political conficts and developments of the post-Mao era and the dramatic economic transformations launched by the new leadership.;Other key areas of transformation, such as international relations, are also considered, as are education, social structure, literary revival, health and medicine.;This introduction to Chinese politics, society and economic and cultural life also includes coverage of the October 1987 Party Congress.