How China′s Leaders Think
The Inside Story of China′s Past, Current and Future Leaders
Paperback Engels 2011 9781118085905Samenvatting
A fascinating look at China now and in the years to come, through the eyes of those at the helm
As China continues its rapid ascent, attention is turning to its leaders, who they are, and how they view the country′s incredible transformation over the last thirty years. In How China′s Leaders Think: The Inside Story of China′s Past, Current and Future Leaders, Revised, bestselling author Lawrence Kuhn goes directly to the source, talking with members of China′s ruling party and examining recently declassified Party material to provide readers with an intimate look at China′s leaders and leadership structure, visionary principles, and convulsive past, and tracing the nation′s reform efforts.
Focusing on President Hu Jintao′s philosophies and policies, the book looks to the next generation of China′s leaders to ask the questions on everyone′s lips. Who are China′s future leaders? How do they view China′s place in the world? Confronting China′s leaders head on, Kuhn asks about the county′s many problem, from economic imbalances to unsustainable development, to find out if there′s a road map for change. Presenting the thoughts of key Chinese leaders on everything from media, military, banking, and healthcare to film, the Internet, science and technology, and much more, the book paints an intimate, candid portrayal of how China′s leaders really think.
Presents a fascinating insight into how China′s leaders think about their country and where it′s headed
Asks the tough questions about China′s need for reform
Pulls together information from over 100 personal interviews as well as recently declassified Party documents
Taking readers closer to Party officials than ever before, How China′s Leaders Think documents China′s thirty–year struggle toward economic and social reform, and what′s to come.
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Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Acknowledgments ix</p>
<p>Overview: How China′s Leaders Think xiii</p>
<p>PART I GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1</p>
<p>1. Pride 3</p>
<p>2. Stability 14</p>
<p>3. Responsibility 19</p>
<p>4. Vision 27</p>
<p>PART II THINKING REFORM 35</p>
<p>5. Subjugation, Humiliation, Oppression 37</p>
<p>6. Reform′s Epic Struggle 51</p>
<p>7. Tiananmen and Thereafter 66</p>
<p>8. What′s a "Socialist Market Economy?" 73</p>
<p>9. How Communism Adopted Capital and Ownership 93</p>
<p>10. The Hidden Power of Jiang Zemin′s "Three Represents" 105</p>
<p>11. The Driving Relevance of Hu Jintao′s "Scientific Perspective on Development" 120</p>
<p>12. Snapshots of Economic Reform 131</p>
<p>13. The Countryside is Core 143</p>
<p>14. Rebalancing Imbalances 152</p>
<p>15. How Reform Permeates All Society 161</p>
<p>16. Here Come the Lawyers 172</p>
<p>17. Facing Up to Corruption 180</p>
<p>18. Values and the New Social Contract 187</p>
<p>PART III DOING REFORM 201</p>
<p>19. Provincial Pictures of Reform 203</p>
<p>20. Regional Dragonheads: Pudong (Shanghai) and Binhai (Tianjin) 216</p>
<p>21. What to Do with State–Owned Enterprises? 225</p>
<p>22. The Private Business Revolution 244</p>
<p>23. Banking Reform: The Largest Assets and Greatest Risks 253</p>
<p>24. Reforming Science & Technology with Sparks & Torches 266</p>
<p>25. Education: When Reform and Tradition Clash 276</p>
<p>26. Healthcare and Medical Reform: One Doctor′s Story 281</p>
<p>27. Media and Publishing Reform: Hidden in Plain Sight 290</p>
<p>28. How Telecommunications and the Internet Changed China 308</p>
<p>29. Diversity of Culture; Question of Censorship 320</p>
<p>30. How China′s Leaders Love Film 331</p>
<p>31. Why Religion Became Important 344</p>
<p>32. Foreign Policy Breaks Free 361</p>
<p>33. What does Military Reform Mean? 379</p>
<p>34. Telling China′s Story to the World 391</p>
<p>PART IV REFORM′S FUTURE 405</p>
<p>35. China′s Future Senior Leaders 407</p>
<p>36. China′s New Kind of Leaders 426</p>
<p>37. China′s Economic Future: How Far Can It Go? 447</p>
<p>38. Guangdong Visions 459</p>
<p>39. China′s Political Future: Is Reform Real? 473</p>
<p>40. China Threat or China Model? 491</p>
<p>41. China Reflections and Visions 507</p>
<p>Index 521</p>
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