Contents Map: China in the 1980s Preface: In Search of Deng Introduction The man and his mission Dengs Background 1. From Revolutionary to Builder to Reformer, 1904-1969 Deng's Tortuous Road to the Top 1969-1977 2. Banishment and Return. 1969-1974 3. Bringing Order under Mao 1974-1975 4. Looking Forward under Mao. 1975 5. Sidelined as the mao Era Ends. 1976 6. Return under Hua. 1977-1978 Creating the Deng era, 1978-1980 7. Three Turning Points, 1978 8. Setting the Limits of Freedom, 1978-1979 9. The Soviet-Vietnamese Threat. 1978-1979 10. Opening to Japan, 1978 11. Opening to the United States, 1978-1979 12. Launching the deng administration. 1979-1980 The Deng era, 1978-1989 13. Deng's art of governing Experiments in Guangdong and Fujian, 1979-1984 15. Economic Readjustment and Rural Reform, 1978-1982 16. Accelerating Economic Growth and Opening, 1982-1989 17. One Country, Two Systems: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet 18. The Military: Preparing for Modernization 19. The Ebb and Flow of politics Challenges to the deng era, 1989-19922 Contents Map: China in the 1980s Preface: In Search of Deng Introduction: The Man and His Mission Deng's Background 1. From Revolutionary to Builder to Reformer, 1904–1969 Deng's Tortuous Road to the Top, 1969–1977 2. Banishment and Return, 1969–1974 3. Bringing Order under Mao, 1974–1975 4. Looking Forward under Mao, 1975 5. Sidelined as the Mao Era Ends, 1976 6. Return under Hua, 1977–1978 Creating the Deng Era, 1978–1980 7. Three Turning Points, 1978 8. Setting the Limits of Freedom, 1978–1979 9. The Soviet-Vietnamese Threat, 1978–1979 10. Opening to Japan, 1978 11. Opening to the United States, 1978–1979 12. Launching the Deng Administration, 1979–1980 The Deng Era, 1978–1989 13. Deng's Art of Governing 14. Experiments in Guangdong and Fujian, 1979–1984 15. Economic Readjustment and Rural Reform, 1978–1982 16. Accelerating Economic Growth and Opening, 1982–1989 17. One Country, Two Systems: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet 18. The Military: Preparing for Modernization 19. The Ebb and Flow of Politics Challenges to the Deng Era, 1989–1992