Jiang Zemin

“Since 1976, changes have been introduced to a rigidly collectivized economy in order to build up socialism, not to abandon it.”

Current Communist Party leader Xi Jinping praised Jiang in an hour-long address at Beijing's Great Hall of the People.

One can attribute many of China’s current achievements and problems to policies initiated during Jiang’s tenure. 

Many Chinese associate the late Jiang with an era seen as brighter and more hopeful than the literal and figurative lockdown Xi has brought upon China.

Jiang led China from 1989 to 2002, a period that saw explosive growth in China’s economy and global status but also laid the seeds for many of the issues facing the country today.

Surprises are possible at the CCP’s most scripted event – but this year, any hopes for an “October surprise” are wishful thinking.

Xi Jinping is the first leader since 1978 not to be constrained by powerful elders in the CCP.

“Although their respective periods of rule are four decades apart, and China has changed so much in the interim, it is really quite striking just how much Mao and Xi have in common.”

Meet China’s “toad worshipers.”

Wang rose to China's political heights on the strength of his ideas.

The move helps Xi consolidate control over the military while avoiding a major backlash.

China's foreign policy can be expected to remain assertive as it grows increasingly ambitious under Xi Jinping.

A biography of Li Zhanshu, the right-hand man to Xi Jinping.

New hires in Hong Kong and Guangdong hint at the central government's political priorities.

The former president has quite a fan club among Chinese Internet users.

Where does Xi Jinping fit in China's political spectrum? And what does this mean for the rest of his time in power?

How does Xi's four day trip, with stops in Seatlle, DC, and New York, compare to other visits by Chinese leaders?

The military parade on September 3 was President Xi Jinping's coming-out party. What messages did he send?

What to make of an unusual article in the People's Daily.

The article from People's Daily seems to be a veiled reference to former leader Jiang Zemin.

If two of the most powerful military leaders in the past 16 years are corrupt, who in the Chinese military is not?

A watershed year for Russia’s ties with China shows the role of domestic politics in driving “great power relations.”

Former presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao are both MIA at the NPC. Why?

A key phase of the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption campaign has concluded