04043nam 2200613 a 450 991077928460332120230802005139.01-280-66946-29786613646392981-4350-03-6(CKB)2550000000101829(EBL)919138(OCoLC)794328424(SSID)ssj0000622437(PQKBManifestationID)12263474(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622437(PQKBWorkID)10642436(PQKB)10491220(MiAaPQ)EBC919138(WSP)00002655(Au-PeEL)EBL919138(CaPaEBR)ebr10563558(CaONFJC)MIL364639(EXLCZ)99255000000010182920120210d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHu Jintao[electronic resource] China's silent ruler /Kerry BrownHackensack, N.J. World Scientific Pub.20121 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-4350-02-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 HuChina 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 EraWorrying About China - The Historic Path to 21st Century PRC Ideology Ideology in the 1990's and Early 2000's; 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 Benefits 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 WorldUnresolved IssuesThe Leadership Transition; Bibliography; IndexOver 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 Chinese Communist Party (CCP), will relinquish at least two of his three positions. According to the constitution of the CCP, his time as Party head will come to an end, given that he has already served for two terms. Well over the supposed retirement age of 68, he will have to hand over the leadership of China to a new generation of leaders at the 18th Party Congress in Beijing. In Chinese politics, the act ofHeads of stateChinaBiographyChinaPolitics and government2002-Heads of state951.061092BBrown Kerry1967-1497895MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779284603321Hu Jintao3802093UNINA