Book contents
- Deadly Decision in Beijing
- Deadly Decision in Beijing
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Main Characters
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Party-State Leadership in the Deng Era
- 2 The Coming of the Deng Era
- 3 The Fate of Two Successors
- Part II Elite Politics and the Making of the Tiananmen Protest
- Part III The Decision for Military Intervention
- Part IV The Political Impact
- Notes
- Index
2 - The Coming of the Deng Era
1976–1987
from Part I - Party-State Leadership in the Deng Era
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
Book contents
- Deadly Decision in Beijing
- Deadly Decision in Beijing
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Main Characters
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Party-State Leadership in the Deng Era
- 2 The Coming of the Deng Era
- 3 The Fate of Two Successors
- Part II Elite Politics and the Making of the Tiananmen Protest
- Part III The Decision for Military Intervention
- Part IV The Political Impact
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 recounts the history of the rise of Deng as the new spupreme leader of China after Mao’s death. It discusses the limits of his power, and the formation of elite factionalism between the reformers and the conservatives. The key players, such as Deng, Chen Yun, Zhao Ziyang, and Li Peng, are introduced.
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- Deadly Decision in BeijingSuccession Politics, Protest Repression, and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, pp. 29 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023