China’s Infinite Transition and its Limits

Alexei D. Voskressenski, Professor Dr. Pol. Sc., Ph.D. (Victoria University of Manchester), Ph.D. (Institute of Far Eastern Studies), is currently Director of the Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects (MGIMO University).Mikhail Karpov, M.A. in Political Science (Central European University, Budapest (1994)), Ph.D. in World History (Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University (1995)), is an Associate Professor at the School of Asian Studies, College of World Economy and International Affairs at the Russian Higher School of Economics. Vasily Kashin is a senior research fellow at the Russian Higher School of Economics and an adjunct research lead at the Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects (MGIMO University). He is also a research lead at the Far Eastern Studies Institute North-East Asia Center, where he works as a contract researcher.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. China’s Economic Reform Pattern: Fundamentals of “Infinite” Transition.- Chapter 3. Resources, Trends and Goals of Chinese Military Modernization.- Chapter 4. Limits for Continuity and Change in Political Transformations.- Chapter 5. Conclusion.