The Post-Mao Transition in China: From the Ashes of Revolution toward Reform, 1976-1978

该项目通过加深对区域强国中华人民共和国的了解，为国家利益做出贡献。虽然这项研究是历史性的，但它对澳大利亚当代与中国的交往具有相关性，因为中国领导政治的关键方面，如正式和非正式权威之间的紧张关系，都来自所研究的时期。因此，它进一步推动了“了解我们的地区和世界”的国家研究优先事项。此外，这项研究将进一步提高澳大利亚中国研究的声誉，从而保持其仅次于美国的世界地位。

The project contributes to national benefit by deepening understanding of a regional powerhouse, the People's Republic of China. While the study is historical, it has relevance for Australia's contemporary dealings with China since key aspects of Chinese leadership politics such as the tension between formal and informal authority derive from the period under examination. As such it furthers the national research priority of 'Understanding our region and the world'. In addition, the study will further enhance the reputation of Australian scholarship on China, thus sustaining its world standing as second only to that of the United States.