China: The Next Decades

Assesses the developmental record of communist government in China since 1949 and the political background of socio-economic change. Particular attention is paid to the period of economic liberalisation of the 1980s and the events surrounding the Tiannanmen Square massacre, which resulted in policy revisions. This book reviews developments in China and assesses its probable socio-economic and political future in the next two decades, taking into account the special problems posed by Hong Kong and Taiwan.