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Ethnic Representation in the Current Chinese Leadership*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Xiaowei Zang
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China scholars agree that there was a leadership transition in China in the 1980s, with old revolutionary guards being replaced by a generation of young, better educated Communist officials. This leadership transition has been a subject of intensive scholarly research in the West. However, few have paid attention to ethnic representation in the post-Mao Chinese leadership. This may be a result of data limitations. Are there cadres of ethnic background in the current Chinese leadership? Who are they? Do they differ from their predecessors in Mao's China and from their Han counterparts in post-Mao China? Have the selection criteria been changed over time?

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The China Quarterly , Volume 153 , March 1998, pp. 107 - 127
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1998

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