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The 16th Party Congress was held in late 2002 and resulted in the selection of a new generation of leaders. These leaders are promoting a market economy and undertaking gradual political reforms, but they are having difficulty handling mounting political corruption, spreading unemployment, growing disparity of wealth and income, and a crisis of belief.
These essays reveal how China's Communist Party selected a new generation of leaders in late 2002 to maintain the position of a regional and world power. They explain how China's leaders are promoting a market economy and undertaking gradual political reforms and note the problems they are having in handling mounting political corruption, spreading unemployment, growing disparity of wealth and income, and a crisis of belief.
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