The People's Republic of China after 50 years / Richard Louis Edmonds -- An overview of 50 years of the People's Republic of China : some progress, but big problems remain / Lucian W. Pye -- The People's Republic of China at 50 : national political reform / John P. Burns -- Political movements, change and stability : the Chinese Communist Party in power / Michael Schoenhals -- The People's Republic of China at 50 : the economy / Robert F. Dernberger -- Two decades of rural reform in China : an overview and assessment / Jean C. Oi -- Demolishing partitions : back to beginnings in the cities? / Dorothy J. Solinger -- The environment in the People's Republic of China 50 years on / Richard Louis Edmonds -- China's foreign relations : the Long March, future uncertain / Michael Yahuda -- The People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic at 50 : reform at last / David Shambaugh -- The Chinese legal system : continuing commitment to the primacy of state power / Pitman B. Potter -- Social welfare reform : trends and tensions / Elisabeth J. Croll -- Politically-engaged intellectuals in the 1990s / Merle Goldman -- Art in China since 1949 / Michael Sullivan -- Literary decorum or carnivalistic grotesque : literature in the People's Republic of China after 50 years / Bonnie S. McDougall