June Teufel Dreyer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, and a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (IFPR). Formerly senior Far East Specialist at the Library of Congress, she has also served as Asia policy advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations and as commissioner of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Dr. Dreyer has lectured widely in international fora, received numerous teaching awards, and serves on the board of editors of Orbis and the Journal of Contemporary China.

1. Introduction 2. The Chinese Tradition 3. Reformers, Warlords, and Communists 4. PRC Politics Under Mao: 1949-1976 5. Deng Xiaoping and His Protégés: 1976-2012 6. The Era of Xi Jinping 7. The Politics of the Economy 8. Crime and Punishment: The Legal System of the PRC 9. The Role of the Military 10. Education 11. Quality-of-Life Issues: Health, Demography, and the Environment 12. Conformity and Dissent: The Arts, the Media, and Social Control 13. Ethnic Minorities and National Integration 14. Foreign Policy 15. Conclusions