March 7: Political Change
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.