Introduction: The networked leadership -- Power and the politburo -- The long and winding road to the Eighteenth Party Congress -- The new emperor : Xi Jinping -- The lawyer : Premier Li Keqiang -- The stars around the two suns : the other five -- The contradictions of modern China : ideology and its role
Summary
China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world's population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world's newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? In The New Dragons, the noted China expert Kerry Brown journeys deep into the heart of the secretive Communist Party. China's system might have its roots in peasant rebellion but it is now firmly under the control of a power-conscious Beijing elite, almost half of whose members are related directly to former senior Party leaders
