When Jiang Zemin was elevated to be general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party's
Central Committee, the Party's topmost official position, in the wake of the suppression of the …

Coming off the convocation of the 15th Party Congress, China started 1998 with reform
moving ahead full steam. This was manifested in a palpable relaxation of the intellectual …

With the passing of the old generation of revolutionaries, China's politics is entering a new
era that belongs to the Jiang Zemin-centered third generation of leadership. Will the new …

China had three revolutions in the twentieth century. The first was the 1911 collapse of the
Qing dynasty, and with it, the country's traditional system of governance. After a protracted …

The Beijing massacre of June 1989 was never necessary to clear Tiananmen Square.
Thanks to bitter infighting and a lack of clear purpose in the student movement, the million …

Over the six-month period from late 2012 to early 2013, Hu Jintao, the President of the
People's Republic of China, Chair of the Central Military Commission, and Party Secretary of …

The recently installed leadership in Beijing has to carry forward the legacy of Deng
Tsiaoping. He was a life-long communist and Chinese nationalist who espoused market …

Soon after the closure of the 16th National Congress of the Representatives the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) that was held in November 2002, Jiang Zemin, who transferred the …

The cancellation of the annual leadership retreat at Beidaihe was among the most
celebrated acts of Hu Jintao in his first year as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist …

This special issue1 focuses on Hu Jintao's first mandate in power, between the Sixteenth
and the Seventeenth Party Congress (2002-2007). It considers two intertwined issues …