Cadre Country: How China became the Chinese Communist Party

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John Lee, Hudson Institute and United States Studies Centre‘Everyone interested in China today should read this incisive analysis that explains exactly what China’s own leaders mean by describing their country as a “party-state”. UNSW Press acknowledges the Bedegal people, the Traditional Owners of the unceded territory on which the Randwick and Kensington campuses of UNSW are situated, and recognises their continuing connection to Country and culture.

Zhao Ziyang, elected General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in January 1987, made a proposal for deep reform of the cadre system as a part of his address to the 13th Party Congress. One of the most important books on China written since Xi Jinping assumed power" [John Lee, University of Sydney]. During the Cultural Revolution, the general disorganization of the CCP and China made limited any effective use of the system. Even so, Mao's eventually grew suspicious of this group, and he eventually initiated the Socialist Education Movement in 1963 to purge perceived intellectual reactionaries from cadre ranks. The government of China in its early years also drew upon intellectuals (those with a high school or above education) to fill the gaps in its cadres.

Avoiding shibboleths like "totalitarian" and never assuming the inevitability of the paths China has taken in the past or will take in the future, Fitzgerald gives us a much-needed clinical description of the fundamental nature of Chinese politics. When 'China' goes into the world, especially under Xi Jinping, the explicit core interests sought are the interests, preservation and welfare of the Party-State. One of the most important books on China written since Xi Jinping assumed power, Cadre Country is a forensic and profound explication of the true nature of the Chinese Communist Party.

Got some very good insights into how the CCP operates (which is the same as saying how China operates), why it operates that way and what it all means or might mean.Absent secure housing or support, as many as 60 million children are left behind with grandparents in rural environments, or taught in near-illicit migrant schools on the outskirts of the major cities.

And while many of the ruling families are billionaires, corruption has been cracked down on, within the Cadres under Xi Jinping. By 1980, efforts began to re-institutionalize the cadre system after the discord of the Cultural Revolution, so that the CCP would be able to effectively carry out the modernization of China.Everyone interested in China today should read this incisive analysis that explains exactly what China's own leaders mean by describing their country as a "party-state". Cadre Country is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the workings of the Chinese Communist Party and the limits of its achievements. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.