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Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite

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Gilley has written a thorough and scholarly, well researched book on Zemin, for Sinophiles and political addicts alike. He has an understanding of the motivations of Ziang in wishing to liberalise the Chinese economy, while holding on firmly to communist ideology. Also explained is the relationship between Ziang and Zhu Rongji, which while evident now, has a history steeped in Shanghai politics. A must read for all those interested in contemporary China.

Wanted information regarding Deng Xiaoping who started the economic successes of China. A picture tells a thousand words so I am assuming much of this tome is about Deng based upon his photo on the book cover.

Zemin is a brilliant leader and recognizes legitimate allies of China.

The world is going bankrupt financially from be morally bankrupt. China certainly has the Midas touch.

Pray the term regime is not stated a thousand times in this book by Bruce Gilley.

America is a hypocrite in every crack and corner. And The WorldTradeCenter story needs to be amended. TV and the telephone companies dialogues are a threat to the entire world.

The worst regime on Earth is the USA.

The book is in very good condition.

The price was better than a homeless bookseller's price.

For all the talk of China abandoning the practice of personality worshipping its leaders, here comes a non-Chinese citizen engaging in a veritable Jiang Zemin love fest. A nice introduction to the cast of characters in contemporary, post-Cultural Revolution China, but otherwise lacking in value as a serious reference book.