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The essay discusses the emergence in mainland China in the 1980s of "new authoritarianism", a doctrine which aroused tremendous interest among Chinese intellectuals. It outlines the nature and scope of peaceful evolution in the country and the Chinese Communist Party's strategies in the anti-peaceful evolution campaign. (DÜI-Sen)

Two different Chinese societies have emerged on either side of the Taiwan Strait over the past 40 years. The author believes that the society on the Chinese mainland and the society on the island of Taiwan are now distinctly dissimilar. He examines recent political initiatives from both sides of the Taiwan Strait toward China's unification. Economic and socio-cultural contacts between the two sides are also discussed, particularly within the context of convergence and divergence. (DÜI-Sen)

The article examines the process of change in Taiwan during the past forty years under rapid industrialization and economic growth. Distinctions among the three concepts of industrialization, economic growth, and modernization are outlined. Changes in Taiwan's economy, demography, class structure, health care, education, welfare system, and political participation are discussed. (DSE)

The purpose of the study is to investigate marriage and the family in mainland China under the impact of the Four Modernizations programme. The emergence of "new" marriage and family patterns in mainland China under the impact of current socio-economic changes in the 1980s is discussed. "Traditional" Chinese family structure prior to the communist take-over in 1949. Changes in family structure during Mao's rule from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. (DÜI-Sen)

After presenting a demographic account of the growth of the Chinese elderly population, the article explores the current retirement benefit system for the elderly, both in the private and public sectors. The potential problems facing the Chinese elderly in the future are discussed with special reference to the retired cadres. (DÜI-Sen)

The study shows that social problems in China are defined and labelled by a dominant group that holds supreme authority, and that definitions of social problems are changed whenever the authority changes hands or whenever the authority changes its interest or point of view. It is argued that although China's search for modernization did create a condition conducive for the emergency of social problems, it was the authority and the powerful group which labelled an individual as "deviant" and an issue as "problematic". (DÜI-Sen)