Chinese Mirror
Subtitle: Moral Reflections on Political Ecomy and Society
Publisher: Open Court
Published: November 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780812691610
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; History - General History; Contemporary Politics - Asia; History; Social ethics; History: World; Politics/International Relations; China; Political ethics; Asia - China; History / Asia; Business ethics; Asia - General; 1976-2002; Economic conditions; Politics and government
First sentence: The standard picture of contemporary China looks roughly as follows: a group of reactionary octogenarians (Deng Xiaoping, Yang Shangkun, Li Peng, plus friends and relatives) is struggling to maintain power at all costs, for the sheer sake of power, after winning a Politburo battle in late May, 1989, against reformist opponents (Zhao Ziyang, Hu Qili, etc.).