1 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Mao Zedong (1893–1976)Figure 2.2 Mao Zedong Proclaiming Founding of People’s Republic of China, October 1, 1949Figure 2.3 Mao and Stalin in Moscow, December 1949Figure 2.4 GDP Growth During First Five-Year PlanFigure 2.5 Great Leap Forward (1958–1960) Rural Steel Furnace MovementFigure 2.6 Cultural Revolution Propaganda PosterFigure 2.7 Red Guards Denouncing “Counterrevolutionary Revisionist Element” During the Cultural...Figure 2.8 Chairman Mao Anoints Hua Guofeng as His SuccessorFigure 2.9 Mao Zedong Lying in State, September 1976

      2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997)Figure 3.2 Deng Xiaoping in Montargis, France, 1920Figure 3.3 Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, 1959Figure 3.4 Deng Xiaoping and Hua Guofeng, 1979Figure 3.5 Hu Yaobang (1915–1989)Figure 3.6 Zhao Ziyang (1919–2005)Figure 3.7 Deng Xiaoping Addresses United Nations, 1974Figure 3.8 Trial of the “Gang of Four,” 1981Figure 3.9 Growth of Township and Village Enterprises (TVEs), 1978–2008Figure 3.10 Average Annual Growth by Sector, 1980–1985Figure 3.11 Restructuring of SOEs and Their Employment ImpactFigure 3.12 Deng Xiaoping Dons Ten-Gallon Cowboy Hat During State Visit to the United States in Recognition...Figure 3.13 Tanks in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989

      3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Jiang Zemin (1926–)Figure 4.2 Jiang Zemin Delivers Deng Xiaoping’s Eulogy, February 26, 1997Figure 4.3 Regional Shares of National GDP, 1989 and 2002Figure 4.4 Jiang Zemin with His Successor Hu Jintao at 16th Party Congress, November 2002

      4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Hu Jintao (1942–)Figure 5.2 President and CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao with Premier Wen Jiabao, March 2009Figure 5.3 China’s Reported Incidents of Mass Unrest, 2000–2010Figure 5.4 China’s Vice-President Zeng Qinghong, 2008Figure 5.5 President Hu Jintao Meeting the Author, Washington, DC, January 2011

      5 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Xi Jinping (1953–)Figure 6.2 Xi Jinping Introduces CCP Politburo Standing Committee, November 15, 2012Figure 6.3 Bo Xilai Sentenced to Life in Prison, September 23, 2012Figure 6.4 Xi Jinping as Teenager in Rural Liangjiahe Village, Shaanxi Province, 1969Figure 6.5 Xi Jinping: People’s Liberation Army Commander-in-ChiefFigure 6.6 Images of China in Cross-Section of Countries, October 2020Figure 6.7 Xi Jinping: Emperor for Life?

      1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 China’s Principal Leadership Positions and Leaders Since 1949Table 1.2 China’s Political Orientation Since Mao

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      3 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Chinese Assessments of Factors Contributing to the Collapse of the Soviet Union

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