Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics: To the Left or to the Right?

by Olivia Cheung

This book reconstructs the factional-ideological conflicts surrounding socialist transformation and political reform in China that were played out through 'factional model-making', a norm-bound mechanism for elites of the Chinese Communist Party to contest the party line publicly. Dazhai, Anhui, Nanjie, Shekou, Shenzhen, Guangdong and Chongqing were cultivated into factional models by party elites before Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. Although...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463720294
• ISBN13: 9789463720298
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"