China under Jiang Zemin / edited by Hung-mao Tien, Yun-han Chu.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index.

Jiang takes command: the Fifteenth National Party Congress and beyond / Richard Baum -- Sizing up China's new leadership: division of labor, political background, and policy orientation / Lowell Dittmer -- Emerging patterns of political conflict in post-Deng China / David Bachman -- The problematic quest for stability: reflections on succession, institutionalization, governability, and legitimacy in post-Deng China / Frederick C. Teiwes -- The People's Liberation Armyand politics: after the Fifteenth Party Congress / Ellis Joffe -- The modernization of the People's Liberation Army: implications for Asia-Pacific security andChinese politics / Michael D. Swaine -- The challenge of economic reform and social stability / Nicholas R. Lardy -- Perspectives on social stability after theFifteenth Congress / Michel Bonnin -- The People's Republic of China's quest for great power status: a long and winding road / Stuart Harris -- Cross-strait relations / Kenneth Lieberthal -- Making sense of Beijing's policy toward Taiwan: the prospect of cross-strait relations during the Jiang Zemin era / Yun-han Chu -- Institutionalizing de facto federalism in post-Deng China / Zheng Yongnian -- Globalization, legitimacy, and post-communism in China: a nationalist potential for democracy, prosperity, and peace / Edward Friedman.