Deng Xiaoping: Chronicle of an Empire Book

	Foreword
	Note from Translators and Editors
	Historical Chronology, 1976-1993
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	The Basis of Deng Xiaoping's Power (1976-1979)	15
1	Mao Dies and Hua Guofeng Blocks Deng Xiaoping's Return	18
2	Hu Yaobang Paves the Way for Deng's Return	24
3	Deng First Joins and Then Breaks with the Democracy Wall Movement	39
4	The War to Punish Vietnam Lays the Foundation of Deng's Power	51
Pt. 11	The Critical Element in Deng Xiaoping's Reform (1979-1986)	61
5	The Apotheosis of Chinese Reform: the Countryside Overwhelms the Cities	65
6	From "Promoting Proletarian Ideology and Eliminating Bourgeois Ideas" to Reforming the Political System	76
7	The Situation in Poland and Deng's Second Break with the Democratic Reformers	91
8	The Chen Yun Clique and the First Alliance Against Hu Yaobang	104
9	Deng Counterattacks on the Economic Reform Front	132
10	Deng Breaks with the Democratic Forces for the Last Time and Hu Yaobang Falls	146
Pt. III	The End of the Empire (1987-1989)	171
11	Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang Enjoy a Short Honeymoon	174
12	The Self-Isolating "New Authoritarians"	194
13	Tragedy for Democracy in Tiananmen Square	211
14	The Defeat of Violence and the Last Days of the Empire	227
	Epilogue to the English Edition	243
	Glossary of Dramatic Personae	253
	About the Book and Author	275
	About the Translators and Editors	276
	Index	277