Read The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers Online
Authors: Richard McGregor
Tags: #Business & Economics, #Politics & Government, #Communism, #China, #Asian Culture, #Military & Fighting, #Nonfiction, #History
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