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Who will govern China after Jiang Zemin? What path will its new leaders chart in the early years of the twentyfirst century? Drawing upon a wealth of both quantitative and qualitative data on the socalled fourth generation of leaders_those who were young during the Cultural Revolution_Cheng Li shows that this group is more diversified than previous generations in formative experiences, political solidarity, ideological conviction, and occupational background. The author explores the contradictions between these emerging leaders and their nonelite peers who were barred from education during the Mao era and now often are unemployed and disenchanted. The book concludes with the intriguing notion that this generation of leaders may have a better understanding of its peersO concerns and therefore may make the regime more accountable to its people, thus contributing to, rather than opposing, democratic development.

Cheng Li is Professor of Political Science at Hamilton College. Li spent 1993 to 1995 in China as a research fellow for the Institute of Current World Affairs. He is a Native of Shanghai.