DOMESTIC POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY IN CHINA

 

MAO ZEDONG ERA (1949-1976)

 

        AT HOME—CLASS STRUGGLE AND SELF-RELIANT DEVELOPMENT

 

        ABROAD—REVOLUTION; UNITED FRONT OF SOCIALIST AND THIRD WORLD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PRESERVATION OF CHINA’S SOVEREIGNTY

 

 

POST-MAO ERA (1978-PRESENT)

 

        AT HOME—MARKET SOCIALISM; ELIMINATING “BACKWARDNESS”; WENBAO SHEHUI

 

        ABROAD—OPEN DOOR (KAIFANG); ANTI-HEGEMONY; INDEPENDENCE