China’s Transition

Andrew J. Nathan

Paper, 336 pages, 24 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-11023-5
$27.00 / £16.00

January, 1998
Cloth, 336 pages, 24 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-11022-8
$83.50 / £49.00

With more than one billion people, China represents both an ocean of economic opportunity and a frustrating backwater of continuing brutal political repression. What are the prospects for democratic evolution in a nation with one of the world's poorest human rights records? How have other nations responded to China since the recent, dramatic opening of its economic system-and how should they respond in the future? These are some of the most important questions confronting both the United States and the international community.

On democracy, human rights, and the move to integrate China into the international economy; on Mao Zedong's regime and the reform since his death; and on the Taiwan experiment and Hong Kong's reintegration with China, Nathan offers an accessible introduction to the intricate web of contemporary Chinese politics and China's changing place in the global system.—American Asian Review

Related Subjects

• Politics and Political Theory

About the Author

Andrew J. Nathan is professor of politics at Columbia University and is the author of numerous books, including China’s Crisis (Columbia). He is a frequent contributor to the The New Republic.

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