Format:
1 online resource (257 pages)
ISBN:
9789814350037
Content:
Key Features:Unique - no other attempt has been made to do this so farFocused on his personality and tries to tell the story of China since 2002 around his impact and influenceBased on the author's experiences as a former diplomat and then as senior fellow for one of the world's most important think tanks in China.
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Map of China -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Life -- Gansu -- Return to the Centre and Out Again - Hu in the Eighties -- Hu Jintao and Tibet -- Return to the Centre: Hu's Elevation to the Politburo -- Who is Hu: The Man of No Qualities? -- Chapter 2 The Hu Era: Politics and Internal Affairs -- The First Great Challenge: SARS -- Addressing Internal Inequalities -- The Fall of Chen Liangyu -- 2007: The Party Congress -- A Historic Year: 2008 -- Xinjiang, and Charter 08 -- Political Succession -- Chapter 3 A Strong Rich Country: The Chinese Economy Under Hu -- China as the Factory of the World -- Behind the Factory Doors -- China's Overseas Investment -- The Global Economic Crisis -- Chapter 4 China's International Face Under Hu -- The Legacy of History -- Creating the Narrative - Peaceful Rise -- Modern China: Not An Easy Sell -- The Mystery of Obama's Handling in China in 2009 -- 'A Spoilt Little Brother: The Issue of the DPRK' -- Frosty Neighbours: Japan -- Hu's Big Gamble: A Deal with Taiwan -- Hard Power: When All Else Fails -- Hu and Foreign Policy -- Chapter 5 What Does Hu Think? Ideology in the Hu Era -- Worrying About China - The Historic Path to 21st Century PRC Ideology -- Ideology in the 1990s and Early 2000s -- Huism from the Start -- Reform or Die - 30 Years of Opening Up -- Taking Class as the Key Link - Again -- Chapter 6 Always the Party Man: Hu and the CCP -- Forms of Party Discipline -- Democracy and Wen: A Good Thing? -- Dealing with Dissent -- The Benefi ts and Threats of the Internet -- Conclusion Hu Jintao: A Provisional Assessment -- Not a Touchy Feely Man -- The Balance Sheet: The Good -- The Vision Thing: What was China? -- What Makes Us Human, CCP Style -- Chinese Voices in a Changing World -- Unresolved Issues -- The Leadership Transition.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789814350020
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789814350020
Language:
English
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