Along with the political and economic reforms that have characterized the post-Mao era in China there has been a potentially revolutionary change in Chinese sci

After the death of Mao, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party embarked on a series of ambitious political reforms. Barrett L. McCormick develops a theor

The post-Mao commitment to modernization, coupled with a general revulsion against the lawlessness of the Cultural Revolution, has led to a significant law refo

China's bold program of reforms launched in the late 1970s--the move to a market economy and the opening to the outside world--ended the political chaos and eco

When they found their efforts had produced negligible results, they tried to introduce new institutions such as a free press, a legislature with real power, the