Government constitution
Party constitution
party membership (size, principles)
principles of party-government relations, nomenklatura
indirect elections
direct elections
recent constitutional ammendments
China's legal system: grand jury? court trial? jury? capital punishment?
gulag    laojiao    laogai
procurator (constitutional role)
normalization (of relations with US, Japan, etc.)
liaison office

province
national autonomous areas  Check (Chinese Constitution Articles 112-122)
China's historical map (Han, Tang, Qing, People's Republic)
national minorities, locations, number of people
    distinctive characteristics of Uygurs, Hui, Tibetan (among others)
Ladakh,  (check here)  Aksai Chin 1 | 2 , McMahon Line
Yunan
historical and current status of
   Tibet, Mustang
   Taiwan, ROC, Jiang Jingguo/Chiang Chingkuo/ Chen Shui-bian
   Xinjiang
   Hong Kong, Macao, Basic Law in Hong Kong, Tung Cheehwa

hukou
gongtso danwei (work unit)
iron rice bowl
responsibility system
TianAnMen square
 zhong nan hai
Baidaihe
Shenzhen, PuDong
Hu Yaobang
Hu Jintao
Zhu Rongji
Jiang Zeming
Xia Gang
Potemkin

The "line" between allowable and criminal behavior

STOP HERE

experimental/demonstration point
township elections
dang'an
triangular debt
non-performing loans
Ulanhu

Baidaihe
soft budget constraint
jump overboard - xia hai
asset stripping
guan dao
guanxi
go through the back door
Overseas Chinese
minban / guoban
barefoot doctor
princelings
falungong

1. What adaptations are being made to the "basic work unit" as China's economy becomes marketized and privatized?  What are the implications of these changes for the provision of workers' benefits and social services?

2.  What are the specific, concrete dimensions of a policy to expand market mechanisms in a socialist economy?  What are the stresses and problems that come from such a policy?

3. Why is corruption a problem in the reform of communism?  What has the Chinese Communist Party tried to do about it?

4. What policies does the government have for dealing with problems of unemployment and restructuring of the classic work unit in terms of worker benefits?

5. How has rural China changed in the reforms since 1980?

6. How have the post-Mao reform strategies affected the legal system?

7. Discuss the legal, economic, and social status of rural immigrants in major cities such as Shanghai.

8. What is the historical and current status of Taiwan?  What is the historical and current status of Tibet?  How are they linked?