Coming alive : China after Mao /
Roger Garside.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c1981.
- viii, 458 p. [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [444]-447.
China watch: Sha Tau Kok to Tiananmen -- Funeral, with thunderclouds -- Mao Zedong: from party leader to lone ranger -- Mao: the making and unmaking of a demigod -- Deng's challenge -- A nation half alive -- The decisive battle -- The fall of the gang of four -- Deng's drive for power -- Capturing the heights -- "Human rights over here!" -- Blooming and scything -- The poster-writer and the poet -- Laws? democracy? -- Opening to the world -- But what is socialism? -- Unfreezing the mind -- For tomorrow: the men and the issues.
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China--Politics and government--1976-2002. Chine--Politique et gouvernement--1976-2002.