Anything for Power: The Real Story of China’s Jiang Zemin – Chapter 9

With Deng Dead and Qiao Stepping Down, an Elated Jiang Becomes the True Autocrat (1997)

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Jiang Zemin’s days are numbered. It is only a question of when, not if, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party will be arrested. Jiang officially ran the Chinese regime for more than a decade, and for another decade he was the puppet master behind the scenes who often controlled events. During those decades Jiang did incalculable damage to China. At this moment when Jiang’s era is about to end, Epoch Times here republishes in serial form “Anything for Power: The Real Story of Jiang Zemin,” first published in English in 2011. The reader can come to understand better the career of this pivotal figure in today’s China.

Table of Contents - Introduction

Chapter 9: With Deng Dead and Qiao Stepping Down, an Elated Jiang Becomes the True Autocrat (1997)

1. Deng Xiaoping’s Death

1997 was a year of great political importance for the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).