China Enters the Post-Mao Era; A Report by Senator Mike Mansfield Majority Leader U. S. Senate to the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Report Number Three 94th Congress 2d Session Committee Print
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1976. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. vii, [1]. 158, [2] pages. Appendices include Chronology and Map of the visit. Mutual Security Treaty with the Republic of China, and compilation of local population statistics for China, among other information. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 to 1977. As the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1961 to 1977, Mansfield shepherded Great Society programs through the Senate; his tenure of exactly sixteen years was the longest of any party leader in Senate history, until the record was broken by Mitch McConnell in 2023. Mansfield served as United States Ambassador to Japan from 1977 to 1988. Mansfield is the longest-serving American ambassador to Japan in history. Following Mao Zedong’s death in 1976 and the arrest of the Gang of Four, China entered a transformative post-Mao era, shifting from radical Maoist ideology to economic reform. Under Deng Xiaoping, who emerged as the paramount leader by 1978, the nation abandoned mass mobilization to focus on modernization, market-oriented reforms, and international integration. Political Transition: After a brief tenure by Hua Guofeng, who tried to maintain Maoist policies, Deng Xiaoping solidified power in late 1978 and launched the "Reform and Opening Up" program. China dismantled the collective farming system, allowed private enterprise, and shifted toward a market economy, leading to rapid GDP growth. The CCP acknowledged the failures of the Cultural Revolution and shifted its focus to economic performance and competence rather than ideological purity. China began opening its doors to foreign trade and investment, eventually leading to its accession to the World Trade Organization. This period marked the end of the "ten years of chaos" (Cultural Revolution) and initiated a new era of rapid, albeit often unequal, economic development. Condition: Good.
Keywords: U.S.-China Relations, Taiwan, Trade, Mao Zedong, Sinkiang, Xinjiang, People's Republic
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