Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite
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This pathbreaking book is the first full-length study of the rise to power of Jiang Zemin, now the central figure in China's "third generation" of leaders. Tracing Jiang's beginnings as a student in the underground Communist movement in Shanghai through his appointment by Deng Xiaoping as party general secretary and his sudden elevation to central authority in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing, Bruce Gilley offers a fascinating and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520213955
ISBN13:9780520213951
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:410 Pages
Weight:1.88 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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Excellent introduction to the new age of Chinese politics
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Gilley has written a thorough and scholarly, well researched book on Zemin, for Sinophiles and political addicts alike. He has an understanding of the motivations of Ziang in wishing to liberalise the Chinese economy, while holding on firmly to communist ideology. Also explained is the relationship between Ziang and Zhu Rongji, which while evident now, has a history steeped in Shanghai politics. A must read for all those interested in contemporary China.
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