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050 00 $aDS779.29.J53$bK85 2004
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100 1 $aKuhn, Robert Lawrence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81129990
245 14 $aThe man who changed China :$bthe life and legacy of Jiang Zemin /$cRobert Lawrence Kuhn.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCrown Publishers,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $aviii, 709 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 601-684) and index.
520 1 $a"Jiang Zemin's life and leadership sweep through almost eighty tumultuous years of Chinese history: Japanese occupation, Civil War, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square, and, more recently, dramatic economic growth, tensions with Taiwan, and opportunities and confrontations with America. Jiang's story is an epic of war, deprivation, revolution, political turmoil, social convulsion, economic reform, national transformation, and international resurgence. To Robert Lawrence Kuhn, a longtime China observer, understanding the legacy of Jiang Zemin is essential for understanding the challenges of contemporary China. By examining Jiang's life, we observe the clash between China's traditional culture and chaotic history." "Here a reader will find a complex and nuanced portrait of China's senior leader, whose policies continue to exert great influence over the course of his country. Kuhn offers insight into how the Japanese occupation during Jiang's teenage years imprinted his psyche for life, how he became a Communist, and how, decades later, he struggled to transform the Party in the face of withering criticism." "Kuhn shows how Jiang led China through an amazing metamorphosis - from a fretful country destabilized by the turmoil and crackdown in Tiananmen Square into a vibrant nation that became a primary engine of global economic growth. Above all Jiang is a Chinese patriot - and it is important to appreciate what that really means. In offering this unusually intimate and comprehensive personal and political biography, Kuhn demonstrates that Jiang Zemin's life personifies the history of contemporary China, giving insight into what China is today and will become in the future."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aJiang, Zemin,$d1926-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90004013
650 0 $aHeads of state$zChina$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105509
651 0 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1976-2002.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024175
852 00 $beal$hDS779.29.J53$iK85 2004