Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Politburo profiles

Want to create an exercise asking students to generalize about what it takes to become part of the Party elite in China?

The Guardian (UK) offers profiles of the Politburo members.

"Hu Jintao, Paramount leader of the People's Republic of China, Born in Anhui in 1942, Hu Jintao joined the CPC during the Cultural Revolution...

"Wen Jiabao... the Chinese premier, is from Tianjin and joined the CPC in 1965...

"Zeng Qinghong, Vice-president of the People's Republic of China, From the Ji'an, Jiangxi province, Zeng Qinghong was part of the elite "princelings", children of veteran Communist party revolutionaries. His father, Zeng Shan, was a Red Army veteran..."

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