BHP-Billiton, 58, 59
‘big-headed babies’, 183, 184–5
black-collar class, 140–41
Bo Zhiyue, 121
Boao Forum, ix–xi
Bodyguard Bureau, 12
Bond, Sir John, 52–3
Boxer rebellion, 250
Brady, Anne-Marie, 236, 268
bribery/corruption, 75, 93–100, 138–41, 172, 183, 191, 267
see also Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Burns, John, 80, 81
Bush, George Snr., 43
Caijing
on bankers, 68–9
Guo Shuqing’s interview, 51
on Rio-Tinto bid, 60
on Shanghai corruption cases, 161
car number-plates, of Party officials, 14
car sales, 2009, xvi
Casino Royale (film), 238
Catholic Church, 11–12
CCTV, 185, 250
cell-phones, 39
censuses, 258–9
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, 137–8
beneficiaries of, 147
failing of, 145–7
investigation procedure, 142–5, 168–9
on Shanghai corruption cases, 160–61, 164–6, 167–9
structure and staffing, 141–2
Central Committee, 12
Central Committee Taiwan Work Leading Small Group, 21
Central Guards Unit, 12
Central Military Commission, 107
Central Organization Department, 17
appointment and promotion, 81, 82–3
and ethnic minorities and other parties, 79
internal tension, 74–6
invisibility, 71–2, 73, 74, 280n
against local authority, 90–93
members’ files, 77–8
nature of, 69
origin and historical background, 76–7
on Party’s disaster relief, 192–3
refined and tightened, 41
and state enterprises, 46, 72–4, 84–9
see also nomenklatura system
Central Party School, 226–8
Central Politics and Law Committee, 25, 189, 190
Central Propaganda Department, 17, 229
media control, 184, 186, 237, 248–9; see also media, censorship
military propaganda, 121–2
reinforced, 41
roles of, 235–7, 248–52, 253
in Sanlu case, 189
Taiwan mission, 122
centrally planned economy, metaphor for, 37
CEOs, 89
reshuffled, 84–5
status symbol, 8–9, 10
stock options of, 100–103
Chai Junyong, 164
Chan, Hon, 80, 81
Changchun
Chen’s trial in, 166
corruption cases, 139
Changzhou, 220–22
Charter 08, 261–2
Chen Ailian, 5
Chen Deming, 83–4
Chen Jinhua, 55
Chen Liangyu, 135, 136, 161
background, 155–6
confronts Wen Jiabao, 163–4
defends Shanghai, 151
investigation on, 138, 164–6
trial and prison life, 166
Chen Shui-bian, 124
Chen Tonghai, 64
Chen Xiaodan, 65–6
Chen Xitong, 144, 168
Chen Yuan, 40, 64–5, 66
on communism, 34, 37
daughter of, 65–6
ideas of, 38–9
Chen Yun, 37–8, 200, 239
Chen Zhili, 140
Cheung, Steven, 41, 176–7
children, poisoned by milk powder, 172, 183, 184, 185, 186
China Construction Bank
corruption cases, 145–6
mass lay-offs, 50
Party’s role in, 51, 52
China Development Bank, 59, 65
China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong, 29, 30
China Inc. see state enterprises China Investment Corporation, x–xi
China Mobile, 84, 85, 101
China National Petroleum Corp. see PetroChina
China Netcom, 84, 86–8
China People’s Political Consultative
Conference, 204
China Pudong Cadre College, 29, 30
China Telecom, 84, 87
China Unicom, 84, 85
China Youth Daily, 248, 250–51
Chinalco, 57–61, 62, 224–6
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 109
Chongqing, corruption cases, 139
Clinton, Hillary, xiv–xv
CLSA, 199
CNOOC, 54, 62
Cole, Bud, 121
communism, 18, 35, 76
redefined, 34, 37
Confucius, 32–3
congress see National People’s Congress
corruption see bribery/corruption COSCO, 102
cover-up strategy, 233–4
Crillon Ball, 66
Cultural Revolution, 14
launching of, 149
Party’s verdict, 234, 245
Dai Bingguo, xii, 277n
Dai Guofang, 220–21, 222, 223
dairy industry, 181–2, 183 see also Sanlu
Dalai Lama, xvi
Dandong, 174–5
Daqing, 113, 115
decentralization, 177–8
defence budget, 111–12
democracy
Chinese leader’s interpretation, 20
demand of, 31, 261
pro-democracy protests see Tiananmen Square massacre in Taiwan, 123–4, 125, 126, 128, 130
democratic parties, 15
Dench, Dame Judi, 238
Deng Xiaoping, 74, 239
on Idiot Seeds, 195
image of, 6
as leader of liberalizers, 34
on Mao, 245
new model of reform, 41–2
partnership with private sector, 197, 198
perfects socialism, 194, 196
photos of, 38
power behind the scenes, 154
priorities economy, 106
returns to Leninist roots, 14
rural reform, 200
Shanghai policy, 150
southern tour, 41, 201–2
stratagem, xv
and Tiananmen Square Massacre, 105
Dickson, Bruce, 214, 218–19
Ding, James, 227
Ding Guan’gen, 17
direct sales industry, 209–13
Director of the Beijing Representative Office (Wang Xiaofang), 95–6
Dongfeng, 216–17
Downs, Erica, 63
Dukakis, Michael, 104
East Eight Blocks, 158
East Hope see Liu Yongxing
economy
impact of reform on, 42–3
unsustainability of, 269
education institutions
Party control of appointment, 79
textbook censorship, 235, 245–6, 249–50
elite networks, 8–9
entrepreneurs
Party membership, 31, 32
in Party schools, 226–8
rich list, 205–7
see also individual members
environment
as benchmark for promotion, 90
central vs. local, 90–93
Party policy on, 269
ethnic protests, 111, 264
European Union, xi
Falun Gong, 82, 173, 211, 212, 264, 269
famine, 229–30, 231–4, 254, 255–60, 292n
Fang Ning, 33
Far Eastern Economic Review,, 46
farmers, 200, 202
Feng Jun, 227
Fengyang, 258–9
Fewsmith, Joseph, 270
Fidelity, 101
financial system, 44–6 see also banks
Fonterra, 182, 183, 186–7, 188
food safety, scandals, 183–5, 191 see also
Sa
nlu foreign bankers, ix–xii, 277n
foreign enterprises
joint venture, 216–17
number of employees, 214
Fortune 500, 56
France
elite networks, 9
Tibet issue, xvi
Freezing Point, 248, 250–52
Friedman, Milton, 40–41
Fu Chengyu, 54, 56
Fu Furong, 213
Fu Jianfeng, 170, 186
Gang of Four, 149
global financial crisis, 266
banks’ response, 68, 269
Beijing’s response, 163, 269
global financiers, ix–xii, 277n
global reserve currency, xv
Global Times, 272–3
Goldman Sachs, 61, 181
golf, 145
Gome, 207
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 35
government
imperial officialdom, 77
secret Party rule of, 14–17, 21–5, 33
see also public sector
Great Leap Forward, 231–4, 254, 255–60, 292n
Lushan verdict, 243
Gu Mingzhi, Major General, 104, 108–9
Guangdong, corruption cases, 139
Guinea, xv
Guo Shuqing, 50–52, 53, 67
Gutierrez, Carlos, 83
Gymkhana Club, 9
Haier, 194, 198–9, 202–3
Han Dynasty (ad 25–220), Civil Service Ministry, 77
He Guoqiang, 279n
He Weifang, 22–3, 26, 125
heavy industry, 219, 221
Henan, 255–8
history, Party’s verdict, 235, 236–9, 245–6, 248–51
Ho, Herbert, 211
Holwill, Richard, 210, 211
Hong Kong, 21
Hoogerwerf, Rupert, 157
rich list, 205–7
Hope, 215
HSBC, 52–3
Hu Angang, 40
Hu Haifeng, 148
Hu Jia, 25–6
Hu Jintao, 74–5, 108, 148, 248
claims to be elected, 4
on corruption, 138–9
development policies, 178–80
domestic problems, 272
and economy/military, 105, 106–7, 116, 117
image-management, 5–6
on Mao, 246
meets Abe, 271–2
political career, 7
rivalry with Jiang, 154–5
and Shanghai, 153
speech in congress, 8
succession, 153–4, 163
on Taiwan issue, 127, 129–31
theory of, 172
titles of, 15–16, 279n
Hu Shuli, 51–2, 282n
Hu Yaobang, 74, 154, 248
encourages political reform, 36
rural reform, 200
Hua Guofeng, 154
Huang, Alex, 130
Huang, Yasheng, 151, 199, 200
Huang Guangyu, 207
Huang Hongfang, 32
Huang Ju, 154
Huawei, 204
Hubei, 179
Hum, Sir Christopher, 157
‘human flesh search engines’, 180–81
Human Organization Department see Organization Department, Human Hunan, 177
hybrid market economy, xiii
Idiot Seeds, 194, 195, 201
India, elite networks, 9
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 45, 50
inequality, 266–7
International Monetary Fund, xv
internet
controlled for political events, 2
against corruption, 144, 180–81
on history textbook, 245–6, 252
lack of Party website, 20–21
on Sanlu, 185
search for democracy, 20
Iraq, 116
iron ore, 58
Japan, 271–2
elite networks, 9
protests against, 238–9, 269–70
Ji Haisheng, 102, 103
Jia Qinglin, 7–8, 25, 154, 279n
Jiang Chaoliang, 52–3
Jiang Mianheng, 87, 283n
Jiang Ping, 41
Jiang Qing, 149
Jiang Sixian, 205
Jiang Yanyong, 239
Jiang Zemin, 107–8, 269
at Beijing University centenary, 79
careers, 81
and Chen Xitong, 144
claims to be elected, 4
defends Zhou Zhengyi, 161
image of, 6
and military apparatus, 105–6, 116, 117
and private sector, 197, 200–201, 208–9, 217
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