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new model of reform, 41–2

partnership with private sector, 197, 198

perfects socialism, 194, 196

photos of, 38

power behind the scenes, 154

priorities economy, 106

returns to Leninist roots, 14

rural reform, 200

Shanghai policy, 150

southern tour, 41, 201–2

stratagem, xv

and Tiananmen Square Massacre, 105

Dickson, Bruce, 214, 218–19

Ding, James, 227

Ding Guan’gen, 17

direct sales industry, 209–13

Director of the Beijing Representative Office
(Wang Xiaofang), 95–6

Dongfeng, 216–17

Downs, Erica, 63

Dukakis, Michael, 104

 

 

East Eight Blocks, 158

East Hope
see
Liu Yongxing

economy

impact of reform on, 42–3

unsustainability of, 269

education institutions

Party control of appointment, 79

textbook censorship, 235, 245–6, 249–50

elite networks, 8–9

entrepreneurs

Party membership, 31, 32

in Party schools, 226–8

rich list, 205–7

see also individual members

environment

as benchmark for promotion, 90

central vs. local, 90–93

Party policy on, 269

ethnic protests, 111, 264

European Union, xi

 

 

Falun Gong, 82, 173, 211, 212, 264, 269

famine, 229–30, 231–4, 254, 255–60, 292n

Fang Ning, 33

Far Eastern Economic Review,
, 46

farmers, 200, 202

Feng Jun, 227

Fengyang, 258–9

Fewsmith, Joseph, 270

Fidelity, 101

financial system, 44–6
see also
banks

Fonterra, 182, 183, 186–7, 188

food safety, scandals, 183–5, 191
see also

Sanlu foreign bankers, ix–xii, 277n

foreign enterprises

joint venture, 216–17

number of employees, 214

Fortune 500, 56

France

elite networks, 9

Tibet issue, xvi

Freezing Point
, 248, 250–52

Friedman, Milton, 40–41

Fu Chengyu, 54, 56

Fu Furong, 213

Fu Jianfeng, 170, 186

 

 

Gang of Four, 149

global financial crisis, 266

banks’ response, 68, 269

Beijing’s response, 163, 269

global financiers, ix–xii, 277n

global reserve currency, xv

Global Times
, 272–3

Goldman Sachs, 61, 181

golf, 145

Gome, 207

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 35

government

imperial officialdom, 77

secret Party rule of, 14–17, 21–5, 33

see also
public sector

Great Leap Forward, 231–4, 254, 255–60, 292n

Lushan verdict, 243

Gu Mingzhi, Major General, 104, 108–9

Guangdong, corruption cases, 139

Guinea, xv

Guo Shuqing, 50–52, 53, 67

Gutierrez, Carlos, 83

Gymkhana Club, 9

 

 

Haier, 194, 198–9, 202–3

Han Dynasty (ad 25–220), Civil Service Ministry, 77

He Guoqiang, 279n

He Weifang, 22–3, 26, 125

heavy industry, 219, 221

Henan, 255–8

history, Party’s verdict, 235, 236–9, 245–6, 248–51

Ho, Herbert, 211

Holwill, Richard, 210, 211

Hong Kong, 21

Hoogerwerf, Rupert, 157

rich list, 205–7

Hope, 215

HSBC, 52–3

Hu Angang, 40

Hu Haifeng, 148

Hu Jia, 25–6

Hu Jintao, 74–5, 108, 148, 248

claims to be elected, 4

on corruption, 138–9

development policies, 178–80

domestic problems, 272

and economy/military, 105, 106–7, 116, 117

image-management, 5–6

on Mao, 246

meets Abe, 271–2

political career, 7

rivalry with Jiang, 154–5

and Shanghai, 153

speech in congress, 8

succession, 153–4, 163

on Taiwan issue, 127, 129–31

theory of, 172

titles of, 15–16, 279n

Hu Shuli, 51–2, 282n

Hu Yaobang, 74, 154, 248

encourages political reform, 36

rural reform, 200

Hua Guofeng, 154

Huang, Alex, 130

Huang, Yasheng, 151, 199, 200

Huang Guangyu, 207

Huang Hongfang, 32

Huang Ju, 154

Huawei, 204

Hubei, 179

Hum, Sir Christopher, 157

‘human flesh search engines’, 180–81

Human Organization Department
see
Organization Department, Human Hunan, 177

hybrid market economy, xiii

 

 

Idiot Seeds, 194, 195, 201

India, elite networks, 9

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 45, 50

inequality, 266–7

International Monetary Fund, xv

internet

controlled for political events, 2

against corruption, 144, 180–81

on history textbook, 245–6, 252

lack of Party website, 20–21

on Sanlu, 185

search for democracy, 20

Iraq, 116

iron ore, 58

 

 

Japan, 271–2

elite networks, 9

protests against, 238–9, 269–70

Ji Haisheng, 102, 103

Jia Qinglin, 7–8, 25, 154, 279n

Jiang Chaoliang, 52–3

Jiang Mianheng, 87, 283n

Jiang Ping, 41

Jiang Qing, 149

Jiang Sixian, 205

Jiang Yanyong, 239

Jiang Zemin, 107–8, 269

at Beijing University centenary, 79

careers, 81

and Chen Xitong, 144

claims to be elected, 4

defends Zhou Zhengyi, 161

image of, 6

and military apparatus, 105–6, 116, 117

and private sector, 197, 200–201, 208–9, 217

rehearses his marching drills, 104

retires to Shanghai, 163

rivalry with Hu, 154–5

Selected Works, 165

and Shanghai gang, 148–9

Taiwan policy, 128–9

takes up and hands over power, 153–4

theory of, 172

on Zhu Rongji, 43

Jiang Zhenghua, 260

Jiangsu Tieben Iron & Steel, 220–23

Jin Zhong, 148

joint venture, 216–17

journalists, 184, 190, 252

and corruption reports, 160

demand freedom, 30, 80

on local officials, 180

judges, 15, 24, 25, 93, 114, 137

June 4 protest
see
Tiananmen Square massacre

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