Comparative Politics Lecture 10b: China from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Xinping

Michael Rossi
Comparative Political Systems
Department of Political Science and Economics
Rowan University
Spring 2021

The second part to our coverage on China, this lecture examines the political developments in China after the disastrous years under Mao and the transition to state-run market economics under Deng Xiaoping.

A major element of this lecture examines the failure of the Tienanmen Square demonstrations to manifest into political transition, and hypothesizes that sustained economic development and a steady increase in the collective quality of life offsets pressure for political pluralism. This may also explain why leaders since Deng have continued with policies of economic modernization and an embrace of global capitalism at the expense of political ideology to the point where "Communism" is little more than a logo on its party letterhead.

Chapter Markers:

00:00 - 04:27 - China's Transformation Under Deng Xiaoping (1976 - 1997)
04:27 - 08:52 - China as an Economic Power
08:52 - 13:20 - Economic Freedoms amid Political Control
13:20 - 21:14 - China Political and Economic Conditions since Tienanmen
21:14 - 27:50 - China Under Xi Xingping (2012 - Present)
27:50 - 34:05 - The Attraction of Chinese Authoritarianism
34:05 - 41:03 - The Big Picture

[blaisebizimana]

Thank you Prof Rossi. This very educative.

[gabriellamclellan]

I tell you what... I hope China is paying you some big dollars for your ability... because you are absolute gold..👍

[PowerCat]

30:45 Lithuania's Foreign Minister should listen to this. 😂