Contemporary China

Catalog description

History, politics, and China since 1976. Major topics covered will be the death of Mao and the end of the Cultural Revolution; the opening of relations with the United States; Deng Xiaoping's rise; opening and reform; China's "economic miracle"; the one-child policy; the 1989 democracy movement and its aftermath; China's rise as a global economic and political power; the environmental challenge accompanying China's economic development; and the Communist Party's strategies and tactics to maintain power.