During the decade of the 1980s, the design and implementation of economic reforms had divided the Chinese leadership into two factions: conservative proponents of moderation and “circumscribed” economic reform, and liberal proponents of comprehensive and rapid economic and social reform....

The international Communist movement is experiencing great turbulence. Some Western media state with certainty that Lenin′s dream has come to an end, but Chinese practice has proved the contrary conclusion. High efficiency is characteristic of and intrinsic to Communism. The productivity of...