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Zhao Baoxu，born on November 18th, 1922, is a Senior Professor ofArts and Social
Sciences of Peking University. Professor Zhao's specialties cover
political science and international studies. He isHonorary Director of
the Research Center for Contemporary China atPeking University and an
advisor to the Chinese Political ScienceAssociation. He has taught as a
visiting professor at the Free Univer-sity of Berlin （1983-1984, 1993）
and as an E. L. Wiegand Distin-guished Visiting Professor at the Pomona
College （Fall 1995-Spring1996） in the United States. In addition,
Professor Zhao has paidacademic visits to numerous countries, such as
Argentina, Canada,Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Japan,
Mongolia, the Neth-erlands, the Soviet Union, and the United States. His
publicationsinclude An Introduction to Political Science （1982）, "The
Revival ofPolitical Science in China" （1983）, "Vorlesung zur aktuellen
Politikder Volksrepublik China" （1985） and "Buddhism of Human
Society"（1996）.

Table of Contents

To Build a Harmonious World: Ideal of Traditional Chinese Thinking
The Prospects for China
The Socialist Market Economy: An Important Breakthrough
The Revival of Political Science in China
Causes and Consequences of the Cultural Revolutio
Political Transition: From "the Rule of Man" to "the Rule of Law".
The Value Institutions in Times of Political Change
Democracy Theory and Federalism
Political Science Studies in Contemporary China
"Revolution" and "Development"——A Comparative Study of Chinese Diplomacy in the Mao Zedong Era and in the Deng Xiaoping Era
Security and Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Opening Remarks: What This Conference Is About
Concluding Remarks: Historical Opportunities
Sino-American Relations: A Long View
Prosperity of Chinese Buddhism and Its Contributions to World Peace
On "Buddhism of Human Society"
Foreword to the Chinese Version of A. Doak Barnett's China's Far West: Four Decades of Change
Preface to the Collection of Scalapino's Lectures
Thank-you Remarks at U.C. Berkeley
Ch'ien Tuan Sheng: A Patriotic Scholar
Professor Wang Tieya As I Know Him
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3. Economic Reform and Political Reform China's reform is a comprehensive reform, involving all socialaspects. It requires re-distribution of economic benefits and re-integration and readjustment of political power among differentstrata, groups and individuals in the society. The reform processcertainly involves certain frictions, controversies and contradictions.Political reform and economic reform should be pursuedsimultaneously. This argument is persuasive in theoretical terms.Till now it could not be implemented in reality. The reason: theresistance of the hardliners to political reform is very strong,the whole game will be lost if political reform breaks down.At present, the primary demand of the public is to live a betterlife rather than to establish Western-style democracy in China.In 1989, the reason why the public went to demonstrate inthe streets was that they could not put up with the inflation,corruption and abuse of power of some bureaucrats. They werenot for votes.In China, only economic development can pave the way foroverall reform. The process should be something like economicreform leading to economic activism, growth of the private sectorof the economy, formation of a middle class, political awakening,and then universal political demand. Political democratizationshould be a gradual process.