Living With Reform

China Since 1989

Timothy Cheek

China is huge. China is growing more powerful. Yet China remains a great mystery to most people in the West. This contemporary history, based on the latest scholarly research, offers a balanced perspective of the continuing legacy of Maoism in the lifeways not only of China’s leaders but China’s working people. It outlines the ambitious economic reforms taken since the 1980s and shows the complex responses to the consequences of reform in China today. It shows the domestic concerns and social forces that shape the foreign policy of one of the worlds great powers. It will equip the reader to judge media reports independently and to consider the experience and values not only of the Chinese government but China’s workers, women, and minorities.

Contents

• Preface: What Does Tiananmen Mean? 
• 1. Making Sense: What is “China”? 
• 2. Living History: What was Maoism? 
• 3. Reform: Mao is Dead, Long Live Mao! 
• 4. Brave New World: Reform and Openness 
• 5. Winners & Losers: Reactions to Reform 
• 6. China in the World Today

About the Author

TIMOTHY CHEEK holds the Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research at the University of British Columbia. His research, teaching and translating focus on the recent history of China, especially the role of Chinese intellectuals in the twentieth century and the history of the Chinese Communist Party.