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  • 3 - Hu Jintao and the Limits of Institutionalization

  • Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University
  • Book:
    Rethinking Chinese Politics
    Published online:
    10 June 2021
    Print publication:
    17 June 2021, pp 86-108

  • Summary

    This chapter shows, even more vividly, how difficult it is to pass power on in a Leninist system. Jiang Zemin only allowed Hu Jintao to succeed to office because of the decision of Deng Xiaoping. Even then, Jiang manipulated the “rules of the game” so that Hu Jintao could not consolidate power. Even in his second term, Hu Jintao, though stronger, could not consolidate power. He was able to promote a significant number of his followers, but few of them were able to attain positions of real significance. Hu was never able to control the military.