China's Transition

Andrew J. Nathan
with contributions by Tianjian Shi and Helena V. S. Ho

New York

Columbia University Press

1997

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1. China Bites Back

2. A History of Cruelty

3. Mao and His Court

4. Maoist Institutions and Post-Mao Reform

5. Chinese Democracy: The Lessions of Failure

6. The Democratic Vision

7. The Decision for Reform in Taiwan
   (written with Helena V. S. Ho )

8. Electing Taiwan's Legislature

9. The Struggle for Hong Kong's Future

10. Is Chinese Culture Distinctive?

11. Cultural Requisites for Democracy in China
    (written with Helena Tianjin Shi )

12. Left and Right in Deng's China
    (written with Helena Tianjian Shi )

13. The Place of Values in Cross-Cultural Studies

14. The Chinese Volcano

15. The Constitutionalist Option

16. Human Rights and American China Policy

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