Economic Reforms and Political Reform Attempts in China 1979-1989 (Europe-Asia-Pacific Studies in Economy and Technology) - Hardcover

Talas, Barna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540545484 ISBN 13: 9783540545484

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1991

Synopsis

In our quickly changing world, authors who are analyzing the so- cial, economic, and political processes going on in different countries often find themselves in a situation where the deve- lopment of processes they have already described take a turn in another direction before their work is in final form or appears in print. As a consequence, some of their statements are no lon- ger valid. More rarely it occurs that after the writing of a book presenting a reform process covering 10 years (the writing itself taking one and a half years), exceptional events take place in the given country (within 1 or 2 months of the delivery of the manuscript) that indicate a sharp break in this process, one that makes it doubtful whether the process can continue along the same channel. This is what has happened to this text and to its author at the beginning of June, 1989, when in Beijing - after the brutal suppression of student demonstrations and of protests lasting several weeks - the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Zhao Ziyang, was relieved of his office and arrested, along with several other prominent repre- sentatives of reform policy and reform endeavors of the past decade. The manuscript of this book was handed over to the pub- lisher on May 4, 1989, for editing. Immediately thereafter I left for nearly 2 months in the United States; consequently, I did not receive the manuscript again until in early July.

About this title

Synopsis

This work offers a picture of the most important events during the 11 years of Chinese economic and political reforms, which is based partly upon original Chinese sources and direct information and partly on Chinese political science and economic publications. The book analyzes the main characteristics of the Chinese reforms and reform attempts and the debates within the Chinese party and government leadership about the principal questions relating to reform and "opening" policy which led to the dismissal of the top man in the party hierarchy three times in the 11-year period.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540545484
• ISBN 13: 9783540545484
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 419