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This publication analyzes the reform movement in China before and after the Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989. In the aftermath of the cold war and because of recent mutual hostility, U.S.-Chinese relations are at a critical juncture. The events leading up to and encompassing the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square and the brutal manner in which the Chinese government dealt with them are described. Comprised of five sections, the volume's first section examines the reform movement in China leading up to Tiananmen. The period of 1978-89 was filled with a number of major reform efforts, with the focus on economic development. The second section examines the reform movement in the wake of Tiananmen Square. For more than 2 years after the demonstrations, the reform process faltered. Price reform, an expanding entrepreneurial sector, and foreign trade were three areas in which economic progress was made. The third section examines Chinese foreign policy, which for many decades existed largely in the context of the Sino-Soviet-American "strategic triangle." The manner in which the Chinese government dealt with the Tiananmen crisis in terms of its relations with the rest of the worl

Author

Steven Martin Goldstein

Publisher

Foreign Policy Association, c/o CUP Services, P.O. Box 6525, Ithaca, NY 14851 ($7.50, postage and handling, $2.50)

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780871241481

Subjects

History, Political Science, Language Learning