Table of Contents
Introduction : the contradictions of change /William A. Joseph --Racing against time : institutional decay and renewal in China /Minxin Pei --China's economic progress : is it sustainable? /Penelope B. Prime --Gender equality in China : two steps forward, one step back /Nancy E. Riley --China's popular culture in the 1990s /Jianying Zha --Hong Kong on the eve of reunification with China /Suzanne Pepper --Taiwan in the 1990s : moving ahead or back to the future? /Cal Clark --United States and China : managing a stormy relationship /Steven I. Levine --Chronology /Nancy R. Hearst.