Dictionary of the Politics of the People’s Republic of China

The importance of the world’s most populous country is such as to create a demand for reference books to explain Chinese affairs to the Western reader. The present volume aims to cover the major political issues (domestic or foreign), events, personalities and organisations of contemporary China. The editors have set themselves two important limits: only subjects significant in strictly political terms are included, and only the People’s Republic is covered. Thus there is an article on Taiwan from Beijing’s point of view, but not vice versa. The 30 well‐qualified contributors live outside China, except for a few in Hong Kong....