Dictionary of the politics of the People's Republic of China / edited by Colin Mackerras with Donald H. McMillen and Andrew Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mackerras, Colin.

McMillen, Donald Hugh, 1944-

Watson, Andrew, 1942-

Series:

Routledge in Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Politics and government--1949---Dictionaries.

China.

Politics and government.

China--Economic policy--1949---Dictionaries.

Economic policy.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

267 pages : maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Summary:

In addition to the alphabetical entries, eight introductory essays provide extensive background information and a special preface addresses the implications of the recent handover of Hong Kong to the PRC. Clear, accessible and easy to use, the dictionary provides numerous cross-references and features an up-to-date analytical bibliography that directs users to further reading material on all the topics covered.

Selected entries include: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Capitalists/ Entrepreneurs, Chen Yi, Chinese Communist Party, Democracy Wall, Deng Xiaoping, Housing, Jiang Zemin, PLA, Prison system, Tiananmen incident, Tiber Autonomous Region, Wei Jianxing, Women (organizations, political role).

Contents:

1. Overview History of the People's Republic of China 3

2. Government and Institutions 9

3. Ideology: Radicalism and Reform 13

4. Political Personae: Biographical Profiles 17

5. Politics and the Economy: Policy Patterns and Issues 21

6. Peoples of China 27

7. Regional China 33

8. China, the Region and the World 39

9. Taiwan and the Overseas Chinese 43

Dictionary

Agriculture (policies, organizations, units) 49

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 52

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 53

Australia 54

Beijing Municipality 56

Bo Yibo 57

Capitalists/entrepreneurs 59

Central Military Commission 60

Chen Boda 61

Chen Yi 61

Chen Yun 62

Chi Haotian 63

Chinese Communist Party 64

Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and Politburo 66

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 69

Collective agriculture 70

Collective sector (non-agricultural) 72

Constitutions (State and Party) 74

Cultural policy 75

Cultural Revolution 77

Daqing 79

Dazhai 79

Democracy Wall 80

Democratic parties 81

Deng Xiaoping 82

Dissidents 84

Education policy and system 86

Electoral laws 89

Energy policy 90

Environment policy 91

Financial policy 94

Four Modernizations 95

Gang of four 97

Gender equality 98

Great Leap Forward 99

Guangzhou 100

Health policy 102

Health system 103

Hong Kong 104

Hongqi (Red Flag) 106

Household registration (hukou) 107

Housing 108

Hu Jintao 110

Hu Qili 110

Hu Yaobang 111

Hua Guofeng 112

Hundred Flowers Movement 113

Industry 114

International trade 116

Japan, relations with 119

Jiang Chunyun 120

Jiang Zemin 120

Joint ventures 122

June 4 Incident 124

Kang Sheng 126

Korea, policy on 126

Korean War 127

Labour policy and system 129

Law, socialist theory of 131

Legal system (administrative, criminal, economic) 132

Li Lanqing 135

Li Peng 136

Li Ruihuan 137

Li Tieying 138

Li Xiannian 139

Liao Chengzhi 139

Lin Biao 140

Liu Huaqing 141

Liu Shaoqi 142

Local government/administration 144

Lu Ping 145

Macau 147

Mao Zedong 148

Mao Zedong Thought 150

Marriage Laws 152

Media issues and policy 154

Minority nationalities policy 155

National Party Congress 158

National People's Congress 159

New China (Xinhua) News Agency 161

New entrepreneurs 161

Non-governmental organizations 163

One country, two systems 165

Overseas Chinese policy 165

People's Bank of China 168

People's Daily 169

People's Liberation Army 170

Planning, economic 172

Police force 174

Population policy 175

Princelings 177

Prison system 178

Private sector 179

Protest movements 180

Provincial government 182

Qian Qichen 184

Qiao Shi 185

Revolutionary committees 187

Science and technology 189

Seypidin Azizi (Ayze) 190

Shandong 191

Shanghai 192

Sichuan 194

Sino-Indian Border War (1962) 196

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) 196

Sixth Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee 197

Song Ping 199

South China Sea 199

Soviet Union, relations with 201

Special economic zones 203

State Council 204

State economic structures 206

Taiwan policy 208

Taiwanese-PRC trade and investment 209

Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee 211

Third World policy 212

Three Gorges Dam 213

Tiananmen Incident (1976) 214

Tibet Autonomous Region 215

Tibetans 216

Township and village enterprises 218

Transport and telecommunications 219

Tung Chee-hwa 221

Unit 223

United Nations policy 224

United States policy 225

Wan Li 227

Wang Zhen 227

Wei Jianxing 228

Welfare policy 229

Women (organizations, political role) 230

World Trade Organization 233

Wu Bangguo 234

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 236

Xu Jiatun 237

Yang Shangkun 239

Yao Yilin 240

Ye Jianying 240

Youth policy and organizations 241

Zhang Wannian 244

Zhao Ziyang 244

Zhou Enlai 246

Zhu Rongji 247

Zou Jiahua 248.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415154502

OCLC:

39002031