| Contents |
On China's leaders and leadership -- Mao Zedong : populist tyrant -- Deng Xiaoping : pragmatic leninist -- Jiang Zemin : bureaucratic politician -- Hu Jintao : technocratic apparatchik -- Xi Jinping : modern emperor -- Conclusion: China's leaders in perspective. |
| Abstract |
"A world-renowned Sinologist explores China's modern history through the lives of its leaders"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Shambaugh, David L. China's leaders Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2021 9781509546527 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021008012 |
| ISBN | 9781509546510 |
| ISBN | 1509546510 hardback |
| ISBN | (epub) |
