| Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges: New Leaders, New Challenges Contributor(s): Lam, Willy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765617730 ISBN-13: 9780765617736 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China |
| Dewey: 951.060 |
| LCCN: 2006015454 |
| Series: East Gate Books |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.38" W x 9.26" (1.49 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing on hundreds of interviews with top Chinese officials, parliamentarians, scholars, and businessmen, Willy Lam, a renowned journalist and writer on Chinese affairs, presents a first-hand, multi-dimensional account of twenty-first century China and the impact of fourth generation leaders, including President Hu Jinato and Premier Wen Jiabao. Lam goes behind the glitzy facade of nouveau-riche Beijing and Shanghai to examine how the Hu leadership has tried to extend the Communist Party's mandate of heaven by tackling an array of daunting problems: the weakening legitimacy of the Party's leadership; restive peasants; angry workers; political stagnation over the lack of reform; foreign relations difficulties; unreliable energy supplies; resurgent nationalism; and the increasingly dubious Chinese model of development. The author assesses possible contributions that the new classes of private businessmen, professionals, and intellectuals - as well as new ideas such as nationalism, globalization, and federalism - will make to economic prosperity and political liberalization. The book also includes a chapter on foreign policy, which contains an insightful account of Beijing's evolving and sometimes difficult relations with the United States, Europe, Japan, and other major countries and blocs, as well as the role of the People's Liberation Army. |