Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Map: China in the 1980s ix
4. Preface: In Search of Deng xi
5. Introduction: The Man and His Mission 1
6. Deng’s Background
7. 1. From Revolutionary to Builder to Reformer. 1904–1969 15
8. Deng’s Tortuous Road to the Top. 1969–1977
9. 2. Banishment and Return. 1969–1974 49
10. 3. Bringing Order under Mao. 1974–1975 91
11. 4. Looking Forward under Mao. 1975 120
12. 5. Sidelined as the Mao Era Ends. 1976 157
13. 6. Return under Hua. 1977–1978 184
14. Creating the Deng Era. 1978–1980
15. 7. Three Turning Points. 1978 217
16. 8. Setting the Limits of Freedom. 1978–1979 249
17. 9. The Soviet-Vietnamese Threat. 1978–1979 266
18. 10. Opening to Japan. 1978 294
19. 11. Opening to the United States. 1978–1979 311
20. 12. Launching the Deng Administration. 1979–1980 349
21. The Deng Era. 1978–1989
22. 13. Deng’s Art of Governing 377
23. 14. Experiments in Guangdong and Fujian. 1979–1984 394
24. 15. Economic Readjustment and Rural Reform. 1978–1982 423
25. 16. Accelerating Economic Growth and Opening. 1982–1989 450
26. 17. One Country, Two Systems: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet 477
27. 18. The Military: Preparing for Modernization 523
28. 19. The Ebb and Flow of Politics 553
29. Challenges to the Deng Era. 1989–1992
30. 20. Beijing Spring. April 15–May 17, 1989 595
31. 21. The Tiananmen Tragedy. May 17–June 4, 1989 616
32. 22. Standing Firm. 1989–1992 640
33. 23. Deng’s Finale: The Southern Journey. 1992 664
34. Deng’s Place in History
35. 24. China Transformed 693
36. Key People in the Deng Era 717
37. Chinese Communist Party Congresses and Plenums. 1956–1992 747
38. Abbreviations 749
39. Notes 751
40. Index 851