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Dictionary of the politics of the People's Republic of China / edited by Colin Mackerras with Donald H. McMillen and Andrew Watson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watson, Andrew, 1942-
- Series:
- Routledge in Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic policy.
- Politics and government.
- China--Politics and government--1949---Dictionaries.
- China.
- China--Economic policy--1949---Dictionaries.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) : maps.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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:
- Overview History of the People's Republic of China
- Government and Institutions
- Ideology: Radicalism and Reform
- Political Personae: Biographical Profiles
- Politics and the Economy: Policy Patterns and Issues
- Peoples of China
- Regional China
- China, the Region and the World
- Taiwan and the Overseas Chinese
- Dictionary
- Agriculture (policies, organizations, units)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Australia
- Beijing Municipality
- Bo Yibo
- Capitalists/entrepreneurs
- Central Military Commission
- Chen Boda
- Chen Yi
- Chen Yun
- Chi Haotian
- Chinese Communist Party
- Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and Politburo
- Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Collective agriculture
- Collective sector (non-agricultural)
- Constitutions (State and Party)
- Cultural policy
- Cultural Revolution
- Daqing
- Dazhai
- Democracy Wall
- Democratic parties
- Deng Xiaoping
- Dissidents
- Education policy and system
- Electoral laws
- Energy policy
- Environment policy
- Financial policy
- Four Modernizations
- Gang of four
- Gender equality
- Great Leap Forward
- Guangzhou
- Health policy
- Health system
- Hong Kong
- Hongqi (Red Flag)
- Household registration (hukou)
- Housing
- Hu Jintao
- Hu Qili
- Hu Yaobang
- Hua Guofeng
- Hundred Flowers Movement
- Industry
- International trade
- Japan, relations with
- Jiang Chunyun
- Jiang Zemin
- Joint ventures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780203450727
- 0203450728
- Publisher Number:
- 99990107515
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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