JPA331Y1 Lecture Notes - Personal Network, Hu Jintao, Harmonious Society
Document Summary
Leaders (1949-76): mao zedong, zhou enlai, lin biao, liu shaoqi, Peng denhaui: the beginning of the prc (people"s republic of china, started off as guerrilla fighters, not educated but brought experience, those who fought for and with the country, followers and loyalty towards chairman mao, background: prestige. 2nd gen. (1976-92): deng xiaoping, zhao ziyang, hu yaobang, and chen. Yun: after the death of mao, revolution of politics, move away from ideology to pragmatism practice. White cat, black cat it is a good cat as long as it catches mice. : party relinquished its privileged claim to truth, performance legitimacy, rise of the technocrats. Tiananmen: purging of zhao ziyang & other reformers: supported the tiananmen. His liberal political view made many in the. Ccp wary and therefore put him on house arrest: reformers: believed that there were fundamental problems in the ccp (hu yaobang was apart of the reformers) planning system needed to be reform.
