Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Modern China collects essays from the scholars in their fields and examines the ongoing corruption in China by addressing this important topic from a historical perspective through a cooperative interdisciplinary research effort among Chinese-American scholars interested in the subject. Their scholarship makes a significant contribution through multi-faceted components from different fields such as history, economics, political science, criminal justice, and popular culture. The authors introduce and explore the theory and practice of policy patterns, political systems, and social institutions by identifying key issues in Chinese government and society contained within the larger framework of the international sphere.
This book describes a historical transition when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) maintained its forceful control of cities while the middle class reluctantly sacrificed its rights in exchange for retaining their economic benefits. To survive market economy, the party leadership became more flexible and was able to adapt to economic and social change. The CCP governments in our research responded to the rising demands and expectations of the society. They were willing and able to cope with the middle class by making a few compromises and following certain legal procedures in exchange for continuing political support. These practical comprises characterized a new political culture in PRC history since 1949.
The book voices the complaints and resentments in the cities, and interprets government policies and legal practices. It emphasizes the consequence for governance, human rights, and commercial rule of law, all of which threatens the legitimacy of the CCP. It also suggests an important evolution of the CCP. The reform movement since the 1980s has not yet contributed significantly to the country’s democratic transformation or to its social stability. The leaders in the 1990s focused on liberal economic reform while discouraging and even stifling political reform. As a result, economic interest groups successfully established an alliance with CCP officials to control economic policy-making and to share political governance. In the 2010s, Chinese leaders have paid special attention to political scandals, corruption, and mismanagement in the government and in the Party.
Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Modern China collects essays from the scholars in their fields and examines the ongoing corruption in China by addressing this important topic from a historical perspective through a cooperative interdisciplinary research effort among Chinese-American scholars interested in the subject. Their scholarship makes a significant contribution through multi-faceted components from different fields such as history, economics, political science, criminal justice, and popular culture. The authors introduce and explore the theory and practice of policy patterns, political systems, and social institutions by identifying key issues in Chinese government and society contained within the larger framework of the international sphere.
This book describes a historical transition when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) maintained its forceful control of cities while the middle class reluctantly sacrificed its rights in exchange for retaining their economic benefits. To survive market economy, the party leadership became more flexible and was able to adapt to economic and social change. The CCP governments in our research responded to the rising demands and expectations of the society. They were willing and able to cope with the middle class by making a few compromises and following certain legal procedures in exchange for continuing political support. These practical comprises characterized a new political culture in PRC history since 1949.
The book voices the complaints and resentments in the cities, and interprets government policies and legal practices. It emphasizes the consequence for governance, human rights, and commercial rule of law, all of which threatens the legitimacy of the CCP. It also suggests an important evolution of the CCP. The reform movement since the 1980s has not yet contributed significantly to the country’s democratic transformation or to its social stability. The leaders in the 1990s focused on liberal economic reform while discouraging and even stifling political reform. As a result, economic interest groups successfully established an alliance with CCP officials to control economic policy-making and to share political governance. In the 2010s, Chinese leaders have paid special attention to political scandals, corruption, and mismanagement in the government and in the Party.
Introduction: Who to Blame: Party, State, or Society? By Qiang Fang
and Xiaobing Li
List of Abbreviations
Part I: Centralized Power and Authoritarianism
Chapter 1: Fundamental Flaws: Corruption Reporting and Tackling in
the Qing, Qiang Fang
Chapter 2: Accountability, Supervision, and Penalty: Yuan Shikai as
a Watchdog in Managing Government Officials, Patrick Fuliang
Shan
Part II: Political Parties and Legitimacy
Chapter 3: Chiang Kai-shek versus Guomindang’s Corruption in the
Republic Era, Sherman Xiaogang Lai
Chapter 4: Anti-corruption Policy and Party Politics: The Lost
Political Battle and the Fate of the GMD, Xiaobing Li
Chapter 5: Crime (or No Crime) and Punishment: The Making of the
First Big Case in New China and Legitimation of CCP Party
Governance, 1950–1991, Zhiguo Yang
Part III: Government, Individuals, and Conflict Interests
Chapter 6: Connection, Corruption, and Confrontation: Lake Weishan,
Xiaojia Hou
Chapter 7: Power versus Law: Anticorruption in Shaanxi during Jiang
Zemin’s Era, Dongyu Yang
Chapter 8: Runaway Chinese Officials and International Chase, Yue
Li and Chen Liu
Chapter 9: Language of Protest: Corruption Exposed in Popular
Rhymes, Helen Xiaoyan Wu
Chapter 10: Corruption during China's Golden Ages: Case Studies in
the Han and Tang Dynasties, Stella Y. Xu
Part IV: New Century, New Struggle
Chapter 11: Hu Jintao’s Anti-corruption Action (or non action): The
Bo Xilai Case and After, Xiansheng Tian
Chapter 12: The New Leadership Fights the Old Battle: Eight
Regulations, Xiaoxiao Li
Chapter 13: Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption in a Historical
Perspective, Qiang Fang
Conclusion: Anticorruption: A Global Thorny Task, Qiang Fang and
Xiaobing Li
Qiang Fang is professor of East Asian history at the University of
Minnesota Duluth and president of Chinese Historians in the United
States.
Xiaobing Li is professor and chair of the Department of History and
Geography and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the
University of Central Oklahoma.
The authors of this fascinating volume deftly explore the
intersecting issues of moral corruption, bureaucratic corruption,
and no-holds-barred political struggle across Chinese history and
even (in the final chapter) in the arena of American politics. In
doing so, they enhance our understanding of a major issue of debate
among historians of China and place Xi Jinping’s contemporary
anti-corruption campaign in historical and international
perspective.
*Harold M. Tanner, University of North Texas*
The editors have dealt with a very important topic, Chinese
corruption, from a historical perspective, the time periods of the
warlords in the early 20th century, the Guomintang, and the
People’s Republic of China. They put together a good group of
scholars from interdisciplinary perspectives. It is very refreshing
to read the book.
*Shiping Hua, University of Louisville*
Spanning the long course of Chinese history, the rich case studies
found herein are linked by common themes—corruption and
anticorruption—that permeate political rule across time and space,
and shed new light on contemporary developments in the PRC under Xi
Jinping.
*Teresa Wright California State University, Long Beach*
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