China since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition (Cambridge Modern China Series)

Annotation China Since Tiananmen is the first book to evaluate the intellectual and political trends and to assess how China has changed since the Tiananmen Incident in 1989. Fewsmith looks at intellectual trends to capture the way China's elite has assessed the social, political, economic, and intellectual trends of the past decade. Similarly, he examines the conduct of elite politics to see how the political system has, and has not, evolved over the past decade. Fewsmith puts the rise of neo-conservatism and nationalism into historical context, evaluating the changes of the past decade to the changes after the May Fourth Movement of 1919. This more comprehensive and realistic assessment of the forces that drive China today is of critical importance to anyone trying to understand Sino-U.S. relations, for those relations are themselves intrinsic to the story of China's evolution. Joseph Fewsmith is Professor of International Relations at Boston University and Director of the East Asian Interdisciplinary Studies Program. He is the author of Elite Politics in Contemporary China (M.E. Sharpe, 2001) and The Dilemmas of Reform in CHina: Political Conflict and Economic Debate (M.E. Sharpe, 1994). He has written extensively on contemporary politics in China, with articles appearing in such journals as Asian Survey, Current History, The Journal of Contemporary China, Problems of Communism, Modern China, and Comparative Studies in Society and History. He is the editor of The Chinese Economy and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Contemporary China Half-title......Page 3 Series-title......Page 5 Title......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Dedication......Page 9 Contents......Page 11 Acknowledgments......Page 13 Chronology......Page 15 Tables......Page 19 INTRODUCTION State and Intellectuals at the Turn of the Century......Page 21 ELITE POLITICS IN TRANSITION?......Page 25 THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUALS......Page 30 THE STATE AND INTELLECTUALS......Page 34 Part I LINE STRUGGLE REVISITED: THE ATTACK ON DENG’S REFORM PROGRAM......Page 39 1 Tiananmen and the Conservative Critique of Reform......Page 41 JIANG ZEMIN EMERGES AS GENERAL SECRETARY......Page 43 THE QUESTION OF ZHAO......Page 47 DENG’S STRATEGY......Page 53 CONSERVATIVES PRESS THEIR ADVANTAGE......Page 55 REINFORCING STATE PLANNING......Page 57 RENEWED DEBATE OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE ECONOMY......Page 58 CENTER–PROVINCIAL CONFLICT OVER THE EIGHTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN......Page 60 SINO–U.S. RELATIONS......Page 62 2 Deng Moves to Revive Reform......Page 64 RESPONSE FROM THE PROVINCES......Page 65 CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY......Page 66 ZHU RONGJI ENTERS THE LEADERSHIP......Page 67 CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE......Page 69 REFORM HITS A TROUGH......Page 70 THE SOVIET COUP......Page 72 DENG’S “SOUTHERN TOUR”......Page 75 THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINANCE......Page 77 THE DEBATE CONTINUES......Page 80 THE FOURTEENTH PARTY CONGRESS......Page 84 BACK TO THE MIDDLE......Page 88 Part II REDEFINING REFORM: THE SEARCH FOR A NEW WAY......Page 93 3 The Emergence of Neoconservatism......Page 95 INCREMENTALISM......Page 100 CENTRAL–LOCAL RELATIONS......Page 103 NEW AUTHORITARIANISM AND NEOCONSERVATISM......Page 106 HE XIN AND STATE-CENTERED NATIONALISM......Page 113 THE TURN AWAY FROM CULTURAL LIBERALISM......Page 115 “REALISTIC RESPONSES”......Page 118 4 The Enlightenment Tradition under Challenge......Page 121 CRITIQUE OF THE MAY FOURTH ENLIGHTENMENT PROJECT......Page 133 LIBERAL THOUGHT IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA......Page 142 5 The Emergence of Neostatism and Popular Nationalism......Page 152 CRITICS OF NEOSTATISM......Page 161 THE RESPONSE TO HUNTINGTON......Page 163 WANG SHAN AND THE EMERGENCE OF POPULIST NATIONALISM......Page 166 STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT......Page 171 CHINA CAN SAY NO......Page 174 Part III ELITE POLITICS AND POPULAR NATIONALISM......Page 177 6 Jiang Zemin’s Rise to Power......Page 179 THE FOURTH PLENUM: EMERGENCE OF THE “THIRD GENERATION”......Page 182 FIGHTING CORRUPTION......Page 185 THE LEFTIST CRITIQUE OF REFORM......Page 188 SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGES......Page 190 THE FIFTH PLENUM: TRYING TO SHAPE AN AGENDA......Page 197 CARVING OUT A MIDDLE PATH......Page 199 SIXTH PLENUM: BUILDING SPIRITUAL CIVILIZATION......Page 202 REVIVING REFORM......Page 203 TROUBLE FROM THE RIGHT......Page 209 DENG’S DEATH AND JIANG’S MOVE TO CONSOLIDATE POWER......Page 210 BEIJING SPRING......Page 216 RESTRUCTURING GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY: THE NINTH NPC......Page 221 NATIONALISM, ELITE POLITICS, AND THE WTO......Page 224 POSTMODERNIST CRITICS AND THE WTO......Page 234 IMPACT OF THE EMBASSY BOMBING......Page 237 Conclusion......Page 241 Epilogue......Page 253 INTRODUCTION......Page 257 CHAPTER 1......Page 259 CHAPTER 2......Page 263 CHAPTER 3......Page 268 CHAPTER 4......Page 271 CHAPTER 5......Page 277 CHAPTER 6......Page 281 CHAPTER 7......Page 285 CONCLUSION......Page 288 BOOKS AND ARTICLES......Page 291 OTHER SOURCES......Page 323 Index......Page 325 "China Since Tiananmen is the first book to offer a look at the intellectual and political trends, and to assess how China has changed, since the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. Fewsmith describes the maneuverings of the top leadership and political debates among intellectuals, offering a coherent and credible narrative of deep political conflict in China in the years after Tiananmen. He puts the rise of neoconservatism and nationalism in China today into historical context, and he contrasts it with the growing pluralization of Chinese society and governance. Fewsmith depicts the growing tensions between these two trends as China's version of America's culture wars, but with arguably higher stakes. This book is filled with new information not discussed in Western media. Fewsmith's thorough and realistic assessment of the forces that drive China today is critical reading for anyone trying to understand Sino-U.S. relations, China's most recent evolution, and its future."--Jacket China Since Tiananmen is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at the intellectual and political trends, and to assess how China has changed since the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. Fewsmith describes the maneuverings of the top leadership and political debates among intellectuals, offering a coherent, credible narrative of deep political conflict in China in the years after Tiananmen. He puts the rise of neo-conservatism and nationalism in China today into historical context, and contrasts it with the growing pluralization of Chinese society and governance. Fewsmith depicts the growing tensions gbetween these two trends as China's version of America's culture wars, but with arguably higher stakes. This book is filled with new information not discussed in Western media. Fewsmith's thorough and realistic assessment of the forces that drive China today is critical reading for anyone trying to understand Sino-U.S. relations, China's most recent evolution, and its future.. China Since Tiananmen is the first book to look comprehensively at the intellectual and political trends in the decade since the Tiananmen Incident (1989) to assess the ways in which China has changed. Fewsmith looks on the one hand at the intellectual critique of the enlightenment tradition, which had previously held a sacrosanct position in the thinking of liberal intellectuals since the May Fourth Movement of 1919, to explain the rise of neo-conservatism and nationalism over the past decade. On the other hand, he examines the maneuverings of elite political actors to understand the constraints they operate under and how the conduct of elite politics has changed since Tiananmen. Together, these two approaches give a more comprehensive and realistic assessment of the forces that drive China today. These trends are of great importance for anyone trying to understand Sino-US relations. In a new edition of his path-breaking analysis of political and social change in China since the crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989, Joseph Fewsmith traces developments since 2001. These include the continuing reforms during the final years of Jiang Zemin's premiership and Hu Jintao's succession in 2002. Here the author also considers social trends and how Chinese citizens are starting to have a significant influence on government policies. As Fewsmith - a highly regarded political scientist and a seasoned China-watcher — observes, China is a very different place today than it was eighteen years ago. In the interim, it has emerged from isolation to become one of the most significant players on the world stage. This book - more than any other — explains the forces that have shaped China since Tiananmen. China Since Tiananmen offers a comprehensive assessment of the evolution of China since the Tiananmen Incident (1989). Fewsmith looks at the intellectual trends, and examines the conduct of elite politics to see the ways in which the political system has, and has not, evolved over the past decade