Immediately after Tiananmen 1989, the elders decided to recentralize power and strengthen Jiang Zemin's position by giving the General Secretary increased decision-making authority because Jiang was weak and lacked a political base in Beijing.
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Yasheng HuangEvidence Quote
“there was recentralization of power immediately after TMM the ERS got together and they decided to recentralize the power because they wanted to support Janam janami came in all of a sudden and he was relatively weak he didn't have political base in Beijing so the elders decided to uh strengthen his power by giving lot of decision-making uh power to the general party secretary”
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Critical Issues Confronting China - Professor Yasheng Huang - November 29, 2023— Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies | Harvard UniversityCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:31:52 AM
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