Tiger on the brink jiang zemin and chinas new elite ebook gilley bruce amazonin kindle store. Request pdf on jan 1 2001 david bachman and others published tiger on the brink jiang zemin and chinas new elite find read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Bruce gilley a writer for the far eastern economic review traces the life of jiang zemin the adopted son of a hero of the chinese revolution who himself took part in demonstrations against the nationalist government before joining the communist party and assuming a series of posts removed from power during the cultural revolution which he . Tiger on the brink jiang zemin and chinas new elite by bruce gilley 1998 10 01 bruce gilley books amazonca. In tiger on the brink bruce gilley provides the first convincing and well documented account of exactly how jiang zemin rose to be chinas leader especially interesting is the information on jiangs political patrons on the exact intersection of the events at tiananmen with his own career rise and on his breaking of chen xitongs beijing