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Ch. 1. From strongman to consensus rule -- ch. 2. The Hu-Wen decade: glorious, golden and lost stability but stagnation. People's champion or chameleon? The price of growth. Ten years of "a bumpy road" -- ch. 3. Change agent or steady as she goes? Xi's Chinese dream. Shunning the easy road. The tide turns. Doing the business. Star in her own right -- ch. 4. Sent-down youth rise up. Will Xi surprise the naysayers? Generation of hope. Li Keqiang. Cheng Hong. Zhang Dejiang. Yu Zhengsheng. Liu Yunshan. Wang Qishan. Zhang Gaoli -- ch. 5. Power behind the curtain -- ch. 6. Bo Xilai: slide from fame to shame. Diary of a downfall. Fall of "the Jackie Kennedy of China" -- ch. 7. Beijing's big reshuffle. Next generation steps up. Han Zheng. Li Yuanchao. Liu Yandong. Ma Kai. Sun Zhengcai. Li Jianguo. Zhao Leji. Guo Jinlong. Hu Chunhua. Li Zhanshu. Liu Qibao. Meng Jianzhu. Sun Chunlan. Wang Huning. Wang Yang. Xu Qiliang. Fan Changlong. Zhang Chunxian. Ling Jihua -- ch. 8. Jangling global nerves. Quick march -- to catch up. Xi stamps authority on PLA with ease. Behind the budget smokescreen. Chinese maritime plan "a threat". Could the unthinkable happen again? -- ch. 9. Reform: easier said than done. Good start but drastic reforms unlikely. Heeding lessons of old regime. Media freedom unlikely to bloom. Pitfalls of party downsizing. Legal reform: promises and hopes. Graft: the battle is joined -- again. Crooked cadres hide booty in property. Losing patience with democracy. Feeling the bite -- China's hospitality industry. Rights treaty "must be ratified". Call to legalise same-sex marriage. Veterans' long march for reform. At 95, still bent on party reform -- ch. 10. New leaders seek China's renewal. "Renaissance" within reach. Premier Li: strong or just moderate? Central bank -- Zhou Xiaochuan. Foreign policy -- Wang Yi. Defence -- Chang Wanquan. Finance -- Lou Jiwei. Economy -- Xu Shaoshi. Commerce -- Gao Hucheng. Health -- Li Bin. Taiwan affairs -- Zhang Zhijun. Anti-graft -- Huang Shuxian. Securities regulation -- Xiao Gang. Ethnic affairs -- Wang Zhengwei. Supreme court -- Zhou Chiang. Cabinet revamp short on action -- ch. 11. Will China miracle lose its magic? Bulls vs bears. Old plans tie new hands. Rough road to change. Bleak outlook for tough pollution laws. Lifestyle, career concerns drive out talent. Red alert for greying China. Fat cats feel the squeeze -- ch. 12. The media genie. New technology, new voice. Surprise in social media findings. Chilling history lesson for China's "no" voter -- ch. 13. Lost, found, and still searching. Still waters run deep in Taiwan Strait. Hong Kong wary of Beijing intentions. Hong Kong-Mainland sore points. What's in China's "Manhattan" for Hong Kong? Qianhai -- seedbed for reform? -- ch. 14. Who to watch. Seven tipped for sixth generation. |
