JIANG Zemin

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(1) Edward Wong, Long Retired, Ex-Leader of China Asserts Sway Over Top Posts; Without a dominant elder statesman, tensions rise. New York Times, Nov 8, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/0 ... over-top-posts.html

Quote:

"Mr Jiang’s goal, those insiders say, appears to be to put China back on a path toward market-oriented economic policies that he and his allies argue stagnated under a decade of cautious leadership by Mr. Hu, a colorless party leader who favored more traditional socialist programs and allowed gargantuan state-owned companies to amass greater wealth and influence.

"'Look at the final seven people and you know who the big winner is: Jiang, or Jiang and Xi,' said an editor at a party media organization.'“The loser is Hu.'

"China’s ambitions to rise to be a modern global power remain yoked to a secretive political system in which true authority resides in hidden recesses. That could spell trouble for Mr Hu’s presumed successor, Mr. Xi, who has yet to establish his own credentials as the party’s ultimate authority.

"Mr Jiang has been the most powerful voice privately criticizing the Hu administration’s [read: Hu's and Wen's] policies.

My comment: This report is important. Please read the entire text.

(2) 高层否认有'重庆模式'引网络热议. BBC Chinese, Nov 8, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... ongqing_model.shtml
("重庆市委书记张德江出席十八大重庆团分组讨论时对记者回答 * * * 说，'我认为根本就不存在重庆模式。' 他还说，重庆去年人均收入，不管是农村还是城市，都低于全国平均水平，因此重庆需要的是发展")

(3) 经济学家吴敬琏赞成两岸共同市场模式.
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 121108/1541765.html

My commetn: Despite the title, he mostly talked about China's economy (but did not say much actually), according to the report.