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The Evolving Shape of Elite Politics Joseph Fewsmith Summarized by Lisa Richardson This paper looks at four changes within China in the past decade that has contributed to the political changes emerging in China. First the generational changes within the top leadership of China, second the economic development and differentiation. Third the events of Tianenmen square in 1989 and their subsequent influence. Fourth the changing domestic and international political environments that have emerged post-Cold War. These four factors have interacted and impacted each other in creating the current political environment. While Deng Xiaoping, the "paramount Leader" considered he and many of his cohorts the "second generation" of leadership, in reality they were still from the first generation. With the passing of Li Xiannian (Jiang's closest political supporter), Hu Qiaomu, Chen Yun, and Deng's death in 1997, the revolutionary generation no longer dominated the political scene. Jiang Zemin and his generation...

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