China in Transition: The Political Foundations of Incremental Reform

1995 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 1105-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Mass Extinction ◽  
Systemic Reform ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Political Foundations

As the People's Republic of China approaches a half century of existence, it seems to be an anomaly. Not only has it survived “the mass extinction of Leninist regimes,” it also continues along the path of reform. And this is despite the widely accepted assumption that Soviet-style systems are, by their very nature, incompatible with the assumptions of systemic reform - namely, the gradual and incremental transformation of economic and political systems by leaders who “use and build upon the existing structures of society.”

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BALANCE SHEET IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shizhong Yang ◽  
Ruining Yang ◽  
Z. Jun Lin
Keyword(s):  
Balance Sheet ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Financial Position ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Accounting Convergence

This paper exhibits the historical evolution of the balance sheet in the People's Republic of China. In particular, we examine three major changes in the balance sheet (which reports the financial position of an economic or business entity) since the founding of the new China in 1949 and the political, social and economic changes during this period. The content, structure and presentation of the balance sheet (or alternative forms of the statement in use) are illustrated. The political and economic factors driving its evolution are analyzed to assist readers in understanding the rapid changes in Chinese accounting over the last six decades. The implications of the Chinese experience for international accounting convergence are also briefly outlined.

FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN HONG KONG

2021 ◽  
pp. 112-117
Author(s):  
B.M. Cheskidov
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Administrative Region ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Administrative Region

In article the interrelation of current political crisis in the Special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China Siangtan (Hong Kong) with change of its importance for transit of the capital from continental China in offshore jurisdictions and its return as part of transformation of a situation in the People’s Republic of China is considered. The conclusion about the serious financial reasons for development of crisis in the direction of strengthening of separatist sentiments in Hong Kong is drawn and related aggravation of a military-political situation.

Political Socialisation and Parental Values in the People's Republic of China

1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee C. Lee ◽  
Ginny Q. Zhan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
The Political ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Parental Values ◽  
Parent Questionnaire ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
The 1950S

The present research addresses the question of whether the political socialisation of one's youth is related to personal values during adulthood and how such acquired values in turn influence one's socialisation ideals for the next generation. Specifically, it examines the content of societal mandates of the People's Republic of China as conveyed in the mass media during the 1950s and early 1960s and the expressed values of a group of parents who grew up during that period, experienced the Cultural Revolution during their late teens and early twenties, married during the post-Cultural Revolution period, and had a child in daycare or preschool in 1981 and 1982. The mandates of political socialisation was assessed by content analyses of an official youth magazine published during the 1950s and early 1960s. Parental values were attained from responses to a 1981-82 parent questionnaire. The results were examined within the societal contexts of the two periods under study. The findings indicate that parents of this study, on the whole, expressed values that differentially reflect the content of political socialisation of their youth. Moral and work/study values, particularly those that are rooted in traditional China and those that were apolitical appeared in the lexicon of values during adulthood, whereas the political values mandated by the leadership of their youth were absent from the parents' lexicon of values. Included in the lexicon of parental values were items that were not linked to any of the values of the 1950s and early 1960s era but appear to reflect the changing context of contemporary China. The societal changes in the 1980s People's Republic of China appear to have also influenced parents' expectations for their children.

The China Quarterly at 50

2009 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 887-889
Author(s):  
Julia C. Strauss
Keyword(s):  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Republic Of China

It is both a privilege and an honour to be editor of The China Quarterly for the publication of its 200th issue. The autumn of 2009 is a time of multiple anniversaries. The People's Republic of China has completed its first 60-year great cycle; and The China Quarterly its first half-century. We have invited all of our previous editors to reflect on their life and times at The China Quarterly, and on the study of contemporary China more generally.

The Limits of Cataclysmic Change: Reflections on the Place of the ‘Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution‘ in the Political Development of the People's Republic of China

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 613-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart R. Schram
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Political Development ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
The Political ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China

Few episodes in history have been the object of such widely divergent interpretations as the events of Mao Zedong's last decade. For the sake of convenience, I shall refer to the movement launched in 1966 by the name Mao gave it, but disputes have raged since the beginning as to whether it was in fact either cultural or revolutionary, let alone proletarian.

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