Week 7-3 Review (2) - Question 4 The CCP launched reform...

Question 4
 Conservative Reformers vs. Pragmatic Reformers *
 Seeking Truth from Facts (  Pragmatism)
 Four Principle Cardinals
 Marxism-Leninism Mao Zedong Thought
 The Socialist Road
 Continuation of the People’s Democratic Dictatorship
 The Leadership of the CCP
 Political Conservativism
 Democracy Wall and the Anti-Spiritual Pollution Movement
Reference : Dreyer (2010) pp.113-129
Lieberthal (2004) pp.131-148.
The CCP launched reform policies as a reaction to the Cultural Revolution.
Does this mean that China rejected Marxism? If not, what was the logic of the
CCP to justify (or legitimize) its reform efforts that adopt capitalist
techniques?

Question 5
Reference : Shirk (1993) “Ch. 1, 2, and 14”
Lecture PPT (Week 4-3)
Why did China successfully achieve economic reform while the Soviet Union
failed? How were the Chinese leaders able to introduce market reforms