1. Introduction: Robert B. Oxnam.
2. The rise of Hu Yaobang and the problems of one-party rule. / Richard C. Bush.
3. From Feudal patriarchy to rule of law: Chinese politics in 1980. / Richard Baum.
4. The Chinese economy in 1980: Death or reform? / Bruce L. Reynolds.
5. Youth in China today: Obstacle to economic modernization? / Thomas B. Gold.
6. Chinese families and the four modernizations. / Deborah Davis-Friedmann.
7. US-China relations in 1980. / John Bryan Starr.
Appendix A: Biographical sketches of members of the politburo of the Chinese communist party.
Appendix B: Documents of US-China relations...The Shanghai Communique, February 27, 1972...Normalization of US-China relations, December 15-16, 1978...Taiwan Relations Act of 1979...Statement of Secretary of State Haig on US-China policy, March 16, 1981.
Appendix C: A statistical profile of Chinese economic development.
