Cadre Country: How China became the Chinese Communist Party

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The book pays particular attention to the history, language, and culture of the Communist Party but maintains a relentless focus on what has become of China since the Global Financial Crisis and in particular since Xi Jinping came to power.

Quoted in Mao (1966) Quotations from Mao Tse Tung Archived 2020-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Chapter 29. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. After being driven back to Yan'an during the Long March, Mao Zedong focused on consolidating and expanding the CCP, whose membership had fallen from 300,000 to 40,000.

Personnel in many positions of state-owned enterprises and other government-affiliated institutions are also referred to as cadres. Absent secure housing or support, as many as 60 million children are left behind with grandparents in rural environments, or taught in near-illicit migrant schools on the outskirts of the major cities. Anita Chan, Australian National UniversityOne of the most important books on China written since Xi Jinping assumed power, Cadre Country is a forensic and profound explication of the true nature of the Chinese Communist Party. His books include Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia, awarded the Ernest Scott Prize of the Australian Historical Association, and Awakening China: Politics, Culture and Class in the Nationalist Revolution, awarded the Joseph Levenson Prize of the US Association for Asian Studies. The recruitment and deployment of cadres is one of the most important ways in which the party-state integrates itself with society and guides and directs the project of socialist transformation.

a b "选贤任能——干部选拔任命制度 [Choosing the Worthy and Appointing the Capable: The Cadre Selection and Appointment System]". This group has captured the culture and wealth of China, excluding the voices of the common citizens of t . In contrast, branch and district Party cadres were overwhelmingly composed of local laborers and peasants, who knew local conditions well and could better form relationships with the community. Cadre Country places the spotlight on the nation’s 40 million cadres the managers and government officials employed by the ruling Communist Party to protect its great enterprise. This group has captured the culture and wealth of China, excluding the voices of the common citizens of this powerful and diverse country.The system is composed of the several million full-time, professional staff, the cadres ( simplified Chinese: 干部; traditional Chinese: 幹部; pinyin: gànbù). It's also a very easy and quick read, a testament to the decades of careful thought and scholarship behind it. John Lee, Hudson Institute and United States Studies Centre‘Everyone interested in China today should read this incisive analysis that explains exactly what China’s own leaders mean by describing their country as a “party-state”. An effective guerrilla commander had to take care of all the needs of a given base area's members by mobilizing the support of the available sources.

They occupied the leadership positions of party committees at all levels, but were largely uneducated and lacked the administrative or other specialized skill of their ex-Kuomintang counterparts. The Party-State is ruled by elite families, who explicitly invoke blood ties to appoint sons and daughters to key positions as a necessary element of their rule.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The definition of the term has broadened significantly since the first decade of the People's Republic of China, spanning from its highest leadership down to relatively low-level positions. Nepotism among the Cadres, the 40 million or so who make the 'Party-State' actually function, is however actively discouraged. His recent books include Cadre Country: How China became the Chinese Communist Party (2022), Taking the Low Road: China’s Influence in Australia’s States and Territories (edited, 2022), and Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific, 1850–1949 (edited with Hon-ming Yip, 2020).