The "New Deal": politics and policies of the Hu administration. From: Journal of Asian and African Studies | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: Li, Cheng | COPYRIGHT 2003 E.J. Brill. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The recently held Sixteenth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and the Tenth National People's Congress signified a shift in power to the so-called "fourth generation" of Chinese leaders. With the declining trend of "strong-man politics," Chinese politicians have been increasingly concerned about coalition-building, political compromise, and factional negotiation. The norm in Chinese elite politics has transformed from the zero-sum games of the past to an emerging pattern of power-shar...