China's Post-Jiang Leadership Succession : Problems and Perspectives

by Wong, John; Wong, John; Yong Nian, Zheng

• ISBN13: 9789812381873
• ISBN10: 9812381872
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Focuses on two key aspects of China's leadership transition: first, changes in the politics of leadership transition, and second, real and potential problems and challenges that China's younger, fourth generation leaders have to grapple when they take over.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
The Contributors
Introduction: Succession Problems and Challenges	p. 1
The Politics of Succession: Previous Patterns and a New Process	p. 21
Crossing the Political Minefields of Succession: From Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao	p. 59
Technocratic Leadership, Private Entrepreneurship, and Party Transformation in the Post-Deng-Era	p. 87
Leadership Succession and Its Impact on the Party's Rank and File	p. 119
Central-Provincial Relations and the Fourth Generation Leadership: The Political Dimension	p. 139
Can Democracy Provide an Answer to the National Identity Question? A Historical Approach	p. 163
The Challenges of Managing a Huge Society under Rapid Transformation	p. 189
Three Dimensions of Rural Issues and Policy Options	p. 215
Direct Election of Township Heads: Perspectives of Chinese Peasants	p. 231
The Private Economy: Will the Ugly Duckling Become a Swan?	p. 261
Adapting to the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism	p. 285
WTO Accession and Growth Strategy Adjustment	p. 305
Cross-Strait Relations in the 21st Century: More Integration, More Alienation?	p. 327
The Rise of China: Challenges for the ASEAN Economies	p. 355
Japan's "Challenges" to China in the Epoch of Terrorism	p. 377
Index	p. 401
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