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At the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Fourteenth National Congress on 12-18 October 1992, the CCP elected a new Central Committee (CC) and Central Discipline Inspection Commission. The Party's leading organs - the Politburo, the Secretariat and the Central Military Commission - were elected by the new CC on 19 October 1992. The author investigates power and policy orientation in mainland China since this time. (DÜI-Sen)

Since 1980, as part of the worldwide trend toward regional economic co-operation, a number of proposals have appeared concerning the economic integration of Taiwan, Hongkong, Macao and the Chinese mainland. The author considers the political implications of these proposals and the political obstacles the creation of such an entity might face. (DÜI-Sen)

Since early 1992, the official media in mainland China have put renewed emphasis on the promotion of "Teng Hsiao-p'ing line" - the reform and opening-up policy advocated by Teng at the Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party's Eleventh Central Committee. The author examines the renewed emphasis on Teng's policy line and the obstacles it may encounter. (DÜI-Sen)

According to the author, over the past three years, the government of the Republic of China has adopted specific measures that have contributed to favourable conditions for interaction between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. After discussing the formation of agencies to handle Taipei's policy toward mainland China, she examines the direction of Taipei's mainland policy under these new agencies and considers the factors affecting relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. (DÜI-Sen)

The Fourth Session of mainland China's Seventh National People's Congress was held from 24 March to 9 April 1991. After examining the problems confronting the country as perceived by the NPC delegates, the article analyses the top level personnel changes that were affirmed at the NPC session and discusses aspects of the political work that the Chinese communists may undertake in the foreseeable future. (DÜI-Sen)

According to the author, the main achievement of the Seventh Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Thirteenth Central Committee, which took place in December 1990, was to approve proposals for the Ten-Year Programme for Economic and Social Development and the Eight Five-Year Plan. These proposals are discussed and it is pointed out that the top priority of the CCP is to maintain political stability after the Tienanmen event in June 1989. The author believes that as the reform and opening-up process continues, mainland China will run the risk of developing a capitalist system. (DÜI-Sen)

During a meeting with commanders of the martial law enforcement troops on 9 June 1989, Deng Xiaoping blamed the Tienman protests and the subsequent massacre on the supporters of democratic reforms in mainland China. He said that these people were intent on establishing a bourgeois republic entirely dependent on the West. This speech set the tone for the subsequent media criticism of "bourgeois liberalization" and charges that Western countries had collaborated with domestic "counter-revolutionary forces" to bring about a "peaceful evolution" from socialism to capitalism in mainland China. The paper examines the Peking regime's attitude toward the threat of "peaceful evolution" and the countermeasures that the Chinese Communist Party authorities have adopted to cope with it. (DÜI-Sen)

Since the Tienanmen massacre of 4th June 1989, the most urgent task confronting mainland China is how to effect a transfer of power and at the same time maintain political stability. In an effort to resolve this question, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) first promoted Chiang Tse-min to the post of Party general secretary at the CCP's Thirteenth Central Comittee (CC) in June 1989. Then at the Fifth Plenum in November, Chiang also assumed the chairmanship of the CCPCC Military Commission. The article inquires whether Chiang Tse-min will be able to hold on to the power, and whether changes in the leadership will lead to changes in mainland China's political and economic policy orientation. (DÜI-Sen)