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China’s Rulers: The Fifth Generation Take Power (2012–13)

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As the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, met for its sixth Plenary Session in Beijing on Saturday 15 October 2011, optimistic commentators predicted the dawn of a new era of profound political change. In anticipation of the leadership changes planned for 2012 and 2013, there was a rush to publish books in Chinese (mostly in Hong Kong) on the emerging leadership and the selection process, sources that have been underused in English-language accounts of China’s leadership.

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Dillon, M. (2014). China’s Rulers: The Fifth Generation Take Power (2012–13). In: China and the EU in Context. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137351869_5

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