A critical survey of the economic and political situation in the PRC since the 13th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The zig-zag course of Chinese politics during the past decade. Negative democracy within the CCP. Chinese intellectuals forcefully urged by the CCP authorities to...

The author gives an overview of the most important political and ideological developments since 1978 and assesses current trends in China. The relation between theory and policy. Supporters and opponents of the reforms advocated by Deng Xiaoping within the CPC (Chinese Communist Party). Heresy,...