After the patriarch: Jiang Zemin's collective government has replaced Deng Xiaoping's autocratic model. Jiang faces great hurdles, but Chinese governance may be better for the change
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Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin is Deng Xiaoping's chosen successor. He is the core of a leadership team that has been running the country since 1993. There are concerns that a committee cannot lead a country such as China, but collective rule may be exactly what the country needs to bring about fundamental changes to modernize governanace. Jiang does not have the unswerving support of the PLA, but he regularly tours the military regions of China to show his respect. He has revised many radical elements of Deng's economic policies.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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Successor's stamp: a documentary on Deng comes in handy for Jiang
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A 12 part documentary on the lift of China's communist patriarch Deng Xiaoping is being shown on state television. It will include previously unreleased footage of Deng announcing his retirement from the Central Military Commission and introducing Jiang Zemin as its new chairman. The documentary does not use actors, it is narrated including old black and white clips and incorporating interviews of Deng's acquaintances. There are no clips of the Tiananmen turmoil, instead concentrating on Deng's defence of economic reforms.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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Propaganda man: Deng protege wields the censor's whip for Jiang
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China's propaganda chief, Ding Guangen, is taking a hardline stance over China's media. Beijing's Orient Magazine was prevented from publishing a discourse on the start of the Cultural Revolution, and was threatened with closure. Two other magazines have closed and the publisher of the Beijing Youth Daily was sacked for a story on poisonings by a maker of children's drinks. Party chief Jiang Zemin, however, praised the party's flagship People's Daily, for being loyal to both the party and the people.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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