Xiaobing Li is professor and chair of the Department of History and Geography and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma.Xiansheng Tian is professor of history at Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado.

This ambitious project has involved a group of very prominent scholars who have discussed a whole range of important topics concerning China’s developments in recent decades. The book is useful for scholars, government officials as well as college students who are interested in China.

• Introduction. Evolution of the CCP: Progress, Problems, and Prospectsby Xiaobing Li and Xiansheng TianPart One. Evolution and Revolution: From Mao to DengChapter One. Local Revolution, Grassroots Mobilization and Wartime: Power Shift to the Rise of Communismby Patrick Fuliang ShanChapter Two. Mao Zedong and the CCP: Adaptation, Centralization, and Successionby Yi Sun and Xiaobing LiChapter Three. Mao's Death and Hua Guofeng's Tragedyby Guangqiu XuChapter Four. Personality and Politics: Deng Xiaoping's Returnby Jingyi SongPart Two. Mountain Moving and Reconstruction: from Deng to JiangChapter Five. Deng's Reform: Theory and Practiceby Enbao WangChapter Six. Grooming the Titan: Deng and the PLAby Sherman Xiaogang LaiChapter Seven. Freedom of Speech and China's Democratizationby Shuming Lu and Changfu ChangChapter Eight. Jiang Zemin: Technocrats vs. Bureaucratic Systemby Liying Li and Denise MowderPart Three. Institution, Regulation, and Globalization: from Jiang to HuChapter Nine. Mapping the Power-Capital Economy: Chinese Reform in Jiang's Eraby George Zhaohui HongChapter Ten. Political Institutionalization and New Civil-Military Relationsby Pingchao ZhuChapter Eleven. Legal Reform Under Jiangby Qiang FangChapter Twelve. One System, Two Frames: News Reports on the WTO and SARSby Changfu ChangChapter Thirteen. Hu Jintao's Rhetoric on Building a Modern Humane Government by Shaorong HuangPart Four. Struggle, Society, and Stability: from Hu to XiChapter Fourteen. China's Evolving Civil Society and Grassroots Empowermentby Jieli LiChapter Fifteen. Internet and Public Opinion: An Engine for Political Transformation?by Zhinuo WangChapter Sixteen. When Congqing Challenges Beijing: The Bo Xilai Caseby Xiansheng TianChapter Seventeen. The Unity and Stability: Xi Jinping's Promise and the CCP's Futureby Xiaoxiao LiConclusion. Chinese Characters—Transformation and Continuityby Xiaobing Li and Xiansheng TianSelected Bibliography

Xiaobing Li is professor and chair of the Department of History and Geography and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma.Xiansheng Tian is professor of history at Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado.

This ambitious project has involved a group of very prominent scholars who have discussed a whole range of important topics concerning China’s developments in recent decades. The book is useful for scholars, government officials as well as college students who are interested in China.

• Introduction. Evolution of the CCP: Progress, Problems, and Prospectsby Xiaobing Li and Xiansheng TianPart One. Evolution and Revolution: From Mao to DengChapter One. Local Revolution, Grassroots Mobilization and Wartime: Power Shift to the Rise of Communismby Patrick Fuliang ShanChapter Two. Mao Zedong and the CCP: Adaptation, Centralization, and Successionby Yi Sun and Xiaobing LiChapter Three. Mao's Death and Hua Guofeng's Tragedyby Guangqiu XuChapter Four. Personality and Politics: Deng Xiaoping's Returnby Jingyi SongPart Two. Mountain Moving and Reconstruction: from Deng to JiangChapter Five. Deng's Reform: Theory and Practiceby Enbao WangChapter Six. Grooming the Titan: Deng and the PLAby Sherman Xiaogang LaiChapter Seven. Freedom of Speech and China's Democratizationby Shuming Lu and Changfu ChangChapter Eight. Jiang Zemin: Technocrats vs. Bureaucratic Systemby Liying Li and Denise MowderPart Three. Institution, Regulation, and Globalization: from Jiang to HuChapter Nine. Mapping the Power-Capital Economy: Chinese Reform in Jiang's Eraby George Zhaohui HongChapter Ten. Political Institutionalization and New Civil-Military Relationsby Pingchao ZhuChapter Eleven. Legal Reform Under Jiangby Qiang FangChapter Twelve. One System, Two Frames: News Reports on the WTO and SARSby Changfu ChangChapter Thirteen. Hu Jintao's Rhetoric on Building a Modern Humane Government by Shaorong HuangPart Four. Struggle, Society, and Stability: from Hu to XiChapter Fourteen. China's Evolving Civil Society and Grassroots Empowermentby Jieli LiChapter Fifteen. Internet and Public Opinion: An Engine for Political Transformation?by Zhinuo WangChapter Sixteen. When Congqing Challenges Beijing: The Bo Xilai Caseby Xiansheng TianChapter Seventeen. The Unity and Stability: Xi Jinping's Promise and the CCP's Futureby Xiaoxiao LiConclusion. Chinese Characters—Transformation and Continuityby Xiaobing Li and Xiansheng TianSelected Bibliography