Abstract

1. Introduction Guoguang Wu and Helen Lansdowne Part I: Zhao Ziyang's Reform Legacies 2. Zhao Ziyang's Visions: Victims of Political Turmoil or Seeds of a Democratic Future? Hongying Wang 3. Democracy and Rule of Law in Zhao Ziyang's Political Reform Guoguang Wu 4. Inaugurating China's Information Age: Zhao Ziyang's Visionary Role in China's Information Revolution Jiabo Liu 5. Zhao Ziyang and the Evolution of Grassroots Liberal MovementsKate Xiao Zhou 6. What If Zhao Had Tried to Stay? A Review of Zong Fengming, Ruanjinzhong de tanhua Perry Link Part II: China's Political Future 7. Zhao Ziyang and China's Soft Authoritarian Alternative Richard Baum 8. Neoauthoritarianism, Urban Bourgeoisie, and China's Democratization Charles Burton 9. Back from Honeymoon to Political Tension: Reform Politics from Zhao Ziyang to Hu Jintao Xiaonong Cheng 10. Zhao Ziyang's Contributions to Reform in Historical Perspective Willy Wo-lap Lam 11. Conclusion: Zhao Ziyang and China's Political Transition from Communism Guoguang Wu

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