Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite

Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite

by Bruce Gilley (Author)

Synopsis

Tracing Jiang's beginnings as a student in Shanghai through to 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, the author offers a look at how Jiang Zemin has secured his position as one of the world's most powerful figures.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 410
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 24 Sep 1998

ISBN 10: 0520213955
ISBN 13: 9780520213951