Unbridled Evil: The Corrupt Reign of Jiang Zemin in China | Chapter 1, Part II:

A translation of the book 'The Real Jiang Zemin' from the original Chinese

Jiang Zemin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2012. Feng Li/Getty Images

Read the series here: Unbridled Evil

Jiang Zemin’s Rise (Part II)

Table of Contents

Section 4: Purging Political Opponents

• Purging Yang Brothers in 1992
  Ousting Beijing Mayor Chen Xitong
  Qiao Shi’s Retirement in 1997
  Li Ruihuan Steps Down in 2002
  The Shanghai Gang
  Jiang’s Influence After 2002

Section 5: Incompetent and Vain

• Jiang: So-called Marxist Theoretician
  ‘Clown Jiang’
  Arrangements for Jiang’s Bio.

Section 4: Purging Political Opponents

Once in power, Jiang set about removing his political opponents, one after another.

Purging Yang Brothers in 1992

Jiang Zemin had no experience of war. It was well known that senior military leaders did not take Jiang seriously. Yang Shangkun made fun of Jiang that Jiang did not know how to use a gun.