China’s reform once thrilled the world, and brought hope to the Chinese people. Yet thirty years have passed, and more and more doubts and questionings were cast on this reform. The book will help the reader see through the “myth of the reform” to perceive the truth.
All 14 articles in this book were first published in the journal Contemporary Chinese Studies. Upholding academic conscience, the author makes full use of materials to illuminate the “gain and loss of China’s reform.” With as much insight, she also unveils “China’s new totalitarianism and its fin-de-siecle displays” under the disguise of a false prosperity, and reveals the pitfalls of China’s economic reform. This book also analyzes changes in China’s social structure, causes for the deterioration of its social order, and the mutation in the role of the state.