The Dynamics of China's Rejuvenation

The last two and a half decades witnessed China's epoch-making economic growth and great social changes, which indicates the commence of China's national rejuvenation after a near two centuries long stagnant or backward period. In exploring the causal dynamics of China's rejuvenation, Huang's book examines the internal and external elements from various sides, in both the comprehensive way and the separate way, thus providing a convincible explanation about the driving force of China's marvellous development.

Jianrong Huang is in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the Nanjing University, China

List of Figures and Tables

ix

Preface and Acknowledgements

xi

List of Abbreviations

xiii

1 Introduction

1

(8)

China's growing eminence in the world

2

(1)

Historical background

2

(5)

The structure of the book

7

(2)

2 China's Rejuvenation

9

(12)

China's epoch-making development

10

(7)

International responses to China's rejuvenation

17

(4)

3 The Part Played by Chinese People in Bringing

About Reforms

21

(1)

Intellectuals as pioneers in pushing forward social change

21

(5)

The part played by officers in political and institutional change

26

(4)

The part played by ordinary people in bringing about change

30

(3)

The part played by collective action

33

(5)

Li Rui and his proposal for reform of the political system

38

(3)

4 The Part Played by Chinese Leaders Since 1978

41

(18)

The selection of Deng Xiaoping as paramount leader

41

(3)

The redressing of past social and political wrongs

44

(3)

The unswerving adherence to the central task of economic construction

47

(2)

The unswerving pursuit of reforms and opening up

49

(7)

Conclusion

56

(3)

5 The Key Role of Deng Xiaoping

59

(16)

Deng's main contributions to China's rejuvenation

60

(10)

How was Deng able to make such remarkable contributions to China's rejuvenation?

70

(5)

6 The Fundamental Impetus Provided by the

Chinese National Spirit

75

(1)

The spirit of self-improvement

76

(1)

The spirit of humanity

77

(1)

The spirit of diligence

77

(1)

The spirit of exploration

78

(1)

The spirit of creativity

78

(1)

The spirit of moral integrity

79

(1)

The spirit of patriotism

79

(1)

The spirit of revolution

80

(1)

The spirit of reform

81

(1)

The spirit of opening up to the outside world

81

(2)

7 The Momentum that Stemmed from Globalisation

83

(6)

8 The Dynamics of China's Future Development

89

(12)

China's rapidly strengthening economic power as the basis of further development

89

(2)

The backing of the people

91

(1)

The stable transfer of power

91

(1)

The experiences learnt from China's reform practices

92

(2)

A clearly defined target for living standards

94

(1)

Ideological emancipation

95

(1)

Membership of the World Trade Organization

96

(2)

The international environment

98

(3)

Notes

101

(8)

References

109

(6)

Index

115

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