Introduction I. Historical Perspectives 1. The Formation and Characteristics of China's Existing System Su Shaozhi 2. Democracy in Chinese History Roger V. Des Forges 3. Civil Society and Public Sphere in Modern Chinese History David Strand 4. Political and Ideological Origins of the Crisis Xu Luo and Luo Ning 5. The Social Origins and Limits of the Democratic Movement Mark Selden II. The Rise and Demise of the Movement 6. The Dilemmas of Participation in the Political Reform of China, 1986--1988 Wu Guoguang 7. A Review of China's Economic Problems: The Industrial Sector Wang Xiaodong 8. Student Organization in the Movement Josephine M. T. Khu 9. From a Pillar of Continuity to a Force for Change: Chinese Workers in the Movement Shaoguang Wang 10. Why the People's Army Fired on the People Andrew Scobell 11. Democratic Transition in China: A Comparative Examination of a Deified Idea Xiaoxing Han III. Culture, Values, and the Media 12. The Rhetoric of River Elegy : From Cultural Criticism to Social Act Edward Gunn 13. The Performance of the Chinese Media During the Beijing Spring Michael J. Berlin 14. The People's Daily and the Epiphany of Press Reform Frank Tan 15. "Professionalism" in China's Press Corps Judy Polumbaum 16. Some Reasons Why the Party Propaganda Failed This Time Xinshu Zhao and Peilu Shen Conclusion Contributors Index
Roger V. Des Forges is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He is the author of Hsi-liang and the Chinese National Revolution. Luo Ning is a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Researcher at the Roswell Park Cancer Research Institute in Buffalo. Wu Yen-bo, Ph.D. , is International Student Advisor/Program Coordinator at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
"This book includes a wide array of excellent articles by Chinese as well as American scholars, reformers as well as independent scholars, representing fields as diverse as economics, history, sociology, political science, literary criticism, and journalism. The Chinese scholars' analyses of trends and events with which they have an intimate familiarity are especially valuable, and the selection raises fascinating questions about the reading of form and content in Chinese propaganda and counter-propaganda. This is a uniquely valuable collection of perspectives on Chinese intellectuals and reformers as activists." - Jerry Dennerline, Amherst College
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