Fully revised & updated edition covering China's new membership of the WTO & with a new introduction. ' Damning data & persuasive arguments that should set some Communist knees a-knocking.' Kirkus Reviews'A compelling account of the rot in China's institutions & the forces at work to end the Communist Party's monopoly on power.' James A. Dorn Cato Institute Washington D. C. Co-Editor of China's future: Constructive Partner or Emerging Threat? ' Quite simply the best book I know about China's future. Gordon Chang writes marvellously & knows China well. I hope everyone concerned with that country will pay careful consideration to what he sees ahead.' Arthur Waldron Director of Asian Studies American Enterprise Institute; Lauder Professor of International Relations University of Pennsylvania.'A tour de force not to be missed.' Willy Wo-Lap Senior China Analyst at CNN's Hong Kong office & author of The Era of Jiang Zemin.' When he warns that China's two centuries of troubles are still not over we had better take notice.' Andrew J. Nathan Professor of Political Science Columbia University; Co-Editor The Tiananmen Papers.