China's post-Jiang leadership succession : problems and perspectives / edited by John Wong, Zheng Yongnian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Succession problems and challenges / John Wong, Zheng Yongnian -- The politics of succession: previous patterns and a new process / Frederick C. Teiwes -- Crossing the political minefields of succession: from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao / Zheng Shiping -- Technocratic leadership, private entrepreneurship, and party transformation in the post-Deng era / Zheng Yongnian -- Leadership succession and its impact on the party's rank and file / Ignatius Wibowo -- Central-provincial relations and the fourth generation leadership: the political dimension / Keith Forster -- Can democracy provide an answer to the national identity question? A historical approach / He Baogang -- The challenges of managing a hug society under rapid transformation / X.L. Ding -- Three dimensions of rural issues and policy options / Wang Tongsan, Zhang Tao -- Direct election of township heads: perspectives of Chinese peasants / Li Lianjiang -- The private economy: will the ugly duckling become a swan? / Tian Xiaowen -- Adapting to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism / Kong Qingjiang -- WTO accession and growth strategy adjustment / Lu Ding -- Cross-strait relations in the 21st century: more integration, more alientation? / Chien-min Chao -- The rise of China: challenges for the ASEAN economies / John Wong -- Japan's "challenges" to China in the epoch of terrorism / Lam Peng Er.