| Description |
viii, 709 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Introduction The Life of Jiang Zemin -- Part One Grounding 1926-1989 -- Chapter 1. "My Background Is My Family" 1926-1943 -- Chapter 2. "I Am a Patriot" 1943-1947 -- Chapter 3. "I Am an Engineer" 1947-1955 -- Chapter 4. "I Love Talent" 1955-1962 -- Chapter 5. "A Period of Unprecedented Destruction" 1962-1976 -- Chapter 6. "It Was My Habit to Learn on the Job" 1976-1985 -- Chapter 7. "Talk Less and Do More" 1985-1986 -- Chapter 8. "How Could I Not Know" 1986-1989 -- Part Two Leadership 1989-1996 -- Chapter 9. "Get Prepared for a Protracted Struggle" January-May 1989 -- Chapter 10. "I Feel the Heavy Burden on My Shoulders" May-June 1989 -- Chapter 11. "Men Are Not Saints" July-December 1989 -- Chapter 12. "Stability Overrides Everything" 1990-1991 -- Chapter 13. "Bold Explorations" and "Accelerated Reform" 1992 -- Chapter 14. "We Will Show the World That We Are Trustworthy" 1993 -- Chapter 15. "The Outside World Has a Terrible Misunderstanding of China 1994 -- Chapter 16. "Spiritual Civilization" 1995 -- Chapter 17. "Talk More About Politics" 1996 -- Part Three Emergence 1997-1999 -- Chapter 18. "How Can We Improve Their Lives?" January-September 1997 -- Chapter 19. "My Ears Still Work Very Well" October-December1997 -- Chapter 20. "Reform in China Has Now Entered the Assault Stage" -- January-June 1998 -- Chapter 21. "I, as a Witness of History " July-December1998 -- Chapter 22. "All Sorts of Feelings Well Up in Me" 1999 -- Part Four Vision 2000-2003 -- Chapter 23. "We Recognize and Respect the Unique Sensitivities and Sensibilities of Scientists" January-June 2000 -- Chapter 24. "Chinese Spy or Not?" July-December 2000 -- Chapter 25. "My Life Was Closely Associated with Almost Three-Quarters of the Last Century" January-July 2001 -- Chapter 26. "The Knowledge in Our World Is Rich and Vast, and the Mysteries of the Universe Are Infinite" August-December 2001 -- Chapter 27. "Study 'Three Represents'; Practice 'Three Represents'" -- January-June 2002 -- Chapter 28. "A Gentleman Gets Along with Others But Does Not Necessarily Agree with Them" July-October 2002 -- Chapter 29. "I Hope That Comrades Will Be United as One" -- November-December 2002 -- Chapter 30. "We Chinese Are All Very Happy About It" 2003 -- Conclusion The Legacy of Jiang Zemin -- Chronology: Jiang's Zemin's Life -- Abbreviations and Names -- Cast of Characters -- Sources and Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Personal Perspective |
| Summary |
"Jiang Zemin's life and leadership sweep through almost eighty tumultuous years of Chinese history: Japanese occupation, Civil War, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square, and, more recently, dramatic economic growth, tensions with Taiwan, and opportunities and confrontations with America. Jiang's story is an epic of war, deprivation, revolution, political turmoil, social convulsion, economic reform, national transformation, and international resurgence. To Robert Lawrence Kuhn, a longtime China observer, understanding the legacy of Jiang Zemin is essential for understanding the challenges of contemporary China. By examining Jiang's life, we observe the clash between China's traditional culture and chaotic history." |
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"Here a reader will find a complex and nuanced portrait of China's senior leader, whose policies continue to exert great influence over the course of his country. Kuhn offers insight into how the Japanese occupation during Jiang's teenage years imprinted his psyche for life, how he became a Communist, and how, decades later, he struggled to transform the Party in the face of withering criticism." "Kuhn shows how Jiang led China through an amazing metamorphosis - from a fretful country destabilized by the turmoil and crackdown in Tiananmen Square into a vibrant nation that became a primary engine of global economic growth. Above all Jiang is a Chinese patriot - and it is important to appreciate what that really means. In offering this unusually intimate and comprehensive personal and political biography, Kuhn demonstrates that Jiang Zemin's life personifies the history of contemporary China, giving insight into what China is today and will become in the future."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Icludes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-684) and index |
| Subject |
Jiang, Zemin, 1926-
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Heads of state -- China -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024153 -- 1976-
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China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024175
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biography
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Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2004013162 |
| ISBN |
1400054745 |
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