The contemporary political history of the People's Republic of China

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• The history in general of China
• The early political history of the People's Repulbic of China

• The demise of working-class power in the PRC
• The Communist Party of the People's Republic of China
• The history of democratic development in the PRC
• The history of labor policy in the PRC
• The history of social policy in the PRC
• The history of economic policy in the PRC
• The history of dissent and human rights in the PRC
• The history of the foreign relations of the PRC
• The history of the judicial system of the PRC

Moscow Expects Smooth Transition of Power in Beijing

By Rajiv Tiwari, IPS, 17 February 1995. Convinced there will be no political or economic upheavals in China in the post-Deng Xiaoping period and predict a smooth takeover of power by chairman Jiang Zemin. Deng's course of economic liberalisation and one-party rule will be followed. The PLA has become one of China's strongest bulwarks of reform with an extensive array of enterprises and businesses run by generals.

Modernisation requires political reform progress

From Xinhua news agency, Hong Kong Standard, 13 September 1997. Mr. Jiang, Chairman of the CPP, states that progress requires both the rule of law and socialist democracy.

Jiang Zemin Visit

The Human Rights Information Network, 5 November 1997. A collection of pieces arising from Jiang Zemin's interviews with U.S. news organizations: a) Chinese leader defends record on human rights, AP, 20 October; b) Excerpts of an interview with Jiang Zemin, The The Washington Post, 19 October 1997; c) JIANG Zemin: A brief profile.

Liu Ji on Government Transparency

Shanxi Fazhan Daobao, summarized in Meizhou Wenzhai, a weekly digest published by the Fujian Daily News [Fujian Ribao], 8 September 1998. Liu Ji, VP of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, says that Chinese farmers now enjoy far more democratic rights than urban people, but in the city as well there are encouraging trends.

Power Shift in China: Opponents of Reform Gain a Major Victory

STRATFOR.COM Weekly Global Intelligence Update, 13 March 2000. Traditional leaders of the Communist Party are dramatically gaining the upper hand against pro-Western economic reformers. The government has executed the highest-ranking official in decades, a top official in an economically significant province. And an old face–Li Peng–has returned to power. If these victories hold, there will be a sharp reversal of China's economic and foreign policies.

PLA committed to economy

By Francesco Sisci, The Straits Times, 21 October 2000. The country's latest five-year economic blueprint is a necessary tool to protect national sovereignty and Chinese independence. China faces serious challenges in the international arena and its most radical and stronger countermeasure to these challenges is to accelerate its pace of development and increase its national strength.

Communist Party Internal Report Reveals Spread of Unrest

China News Daily, 4 June 2001. A top party research group describes the situation of China as tense, with conflicts on the rise as a result of collective protests and group incidents arising from economic, ethnic and religious conflicts. Entry into the World Trade Organization may bring growing dangers and pressures, increased group incidents that harm social stability and disturb the smooth implementation of reform.