Succession Politics and China's Future

Many in the West believe it matters profoundly who succeeds China's Deng Xiaoping. Others believe that whoever follows as top leader will not be capable of mobilizing the kind of political clout that Deng has. Some people in both camps, and still others holding more diverse views on succession...

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Published in:Journal of international affairs (New York) 1996-12, Vol.49 (2), p.370-389
Main Author: Bachman, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authoritarianism
China
Communism
Communist parties
Deaths
Democracy
DENG XIAOPING
Dissident Statements
East Asian politics
FUTURE (PAST AND PRESENT ATTEMPTS TO DEPICT IT)
Heads of state
International relations
JIANG ZEMIN
Leadership
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Political aspects
Political change
Political ideologies
Political leadership
Political parties
Political power
Political succession
Political systems
Political violence
Politics
Power
Rule of law
Social change
SUCCESSION (POLITICAL)
Succession planning
Successors
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Summary:Many in the West believe it matters profoundly who succeeds China's Deng Xiaoping. Others believe that whoever follows as top leader will not be capable of mobilizing the kind of political clout that Deng has. Some people in both camps, and still others holding more diverse views on succession and Chinese politics, believe that Deng's death will be the start of a Chinese collapse, analogous to the fall of the Soviet Union. The inevitability of collapse, whether that collapse is of the communist political system or national disintegration, may have little or nothing to do with succession politics. The real questions that are addressed are why and how succession matters and why in a number of cases it does not.
ISSN:0022-197X