The Chinese and their future : Beijing, Taipei, and Hong Kong / Zhiling Lin and Thomas W. Robinson, editors.

Proceedings of an international conference held in January, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-536) and index.

1. Introduction / Zhiling Lin and Thomas W. Robinson -- 2. Playing to the Provinces - Deng Xiaoping's Political Strategy of Economic Reform / Susan L. Shirk -- 3. Party and Army in Chinese Politics - Neither Alliance nor Opposition / Feng Shengbao -- 4. Marxism, Confucianism, and Cultural Nationalism / Zhang Shuqiang -- 5. The Size, Control, and Composition of China's Population / Judith Banister -- 6. Traditional, Modernist, and "Party" Culture in Contemporary Chinese Society / Zhiling Lin -- 7. Chinese Agriculture - Modernization, but at What Costs? / Jean C. Oi -- 8. The Retreat to Central Planning in China after Tiananmen / Ellen Salem -- 9. Greater China and the Development of Science and Technology / Richard P. Suttmeier -- 10. The Effects of Democratization, Unification, and Elite Conflict on Taiwan's Future / Yung Wei -- 11. Toward Taiwan's Full Participation in the Global System / Chi-ming Hou.

12. Reconciling Confucianism and Pluralism during the Transition of Taiwan's Society / Hei-yuan Chiu -- 13. Hong Kong's "Ungovernability" in the Twilight of Colonial Rule / Siu-kai Lau -- 14. The Hong Kong Economy - To the 1997 Barrier and Beyond / Yun-wing Sung -- 15. The Evolution of a Divided China / Byron S. J. Weng -- 16. Post-Cold War Security in the Asia-Pacific Region / Thomas W. Robinson -- 17. Changing China-Taiwan Relations / Guocang Huan -- 18. The Chinese and Their Future / Thomas W. Robinson and Zhiling Lin.