March 7: Political Change & the Structure of Power in the PRC (I)

Our topic for the next two weeks (maybe three) is "Political Change & the Structure of Power in China." For this Wednesday, our focus will be on the CCP.

Required reading for all:

Blecher, chs. 4

Chapter by Dickson in Gries & Rosen, eds., State and Society in 21st Century China..

"On the Three Represents," International Department of the CCP. . [Link]LINK

"Communique of the Sixth Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee," October 11. 2006. . [Link]LINK

John W. Lewis, Xue Litai, "Social Change and Political Reform in China: Meeting the Challenge of Success," The China Quarterly, Volume 176, December 2003, pp. 926-942.