From revolutionary to builder to reformer, 1904-1969
Banishment and return, 1969-1974
Bringing order under Mao, 1974-1975
Looking forward under Mao, 1975
Sidelined as the Mao era ends, 1976
Return under Hua, 1977-1978
Three turning points, 1978
Setting the limits of freedom, 1978-1979
The Soviet-Vietnamese threat, 1978-1979
Opening to the United States, 1978-1979
Launching the Deng administration, 1979-1980
Experiments in Guangdong and Fujian, 1979-1984
Economic readjustment and rural reform, 1978-1982
Accelerating economic growth and opening, 1982-1989
One country, two systems: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet
The military: preparing for modernization
The ebb and flow of politics
Beijing spring, April 15-May 17, 1989
The Tiananmen tragedy, May 17-June 4, 1989
Deng's finale: the southern journey, 1992
