This study analyzes major political and economic trends in China since the June 4, 1989 crackdown. The intriguing career of patriarch Deng Xiaoping after the Tiananmen Square massacre - and his place in history - is examined with the help of previously unpublished documents from China and interviews with key figures. Topics covered include Deng Xiaoping's controversial legacy; economic reform, the Maoist restoration and the residual influence of leftism; stagnation in political reform; the succession crisis; the rise of the entrepreneurial class; and the post-Deng leadership.