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The New Emperors: Power and the princelings in china by Kerry Brown

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November 2014, no. 366

The New Emperors: Power and the princelings in china by Kerry Brown

I.B. Tauris, $42.95 hb, 244 pp

The New Emperors: Power and the princelings in china by Kerry Brown

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November 2014, no. 366

For countries, and none so important to Australia, have a political system as opaque as that of China. This is deliberate; since the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has striven to make turnovers in its leadership as bland as possible. But the elevation of the country’s current ‘Fifth Generation’ Leadership was actually full of drama. The New Emperors, written by Kerry Brown, director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, tells us why.

Nick Hordern reviews 'The New Emperors: Power and the princelings in China' by Kerry Brown

The New Emperors: Power and the princelings in china

by Kerry Brown

I.B. Tauris, $42.95 hb, 244 pp

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