Never, normally, would someone with
the stature of China’s former president, Jiang Zemin, have something so
basic as the identity of his parents be at issue. But then again, few would
try so doggedly as has Jiang to glorify themselves, erecting monuments
to themselves and commissioning biographies while tens of millions of citizens
live in desperate circumstances.
Yet
Jiang is no normal figure, and so it was that a bogus biography of the
man, rife with contradictions and heavy government propagandizing, was
written under the auspices of a Western businessman named Robert Kuhn,
and foisted upon an unwitting general public.
Then just what sort of person is Jiang
Zemin? Just what exactly is his family background, and why does it matter
so much? How did he go from being a transitional figure who lacked popularity
(owing to his narrow, partisan ways) to a full-blown dictator in charge
of a massive nation? What lies beneath the veneer of prosperity thought
by some to characterize Jiang’s reign? And what will be Jiang’s ultimate
legacy?
Out of a sense of obligation to set
the facts straight, we, the editorial board of The Epoch Times,
took up the task of collecting all relevant materials and data; of note
is the extent of inside information and hitherto undisclosed secrets provided
to us by high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials. The product is
a comprehensive book unmatched in scope or detail: Anything for Power:
The Real Story of China’s Jiang Zemin. While its vision and inquiry
are broad, we have done all possible to ensure that this is never at the
expense of detail or precision. The stories told herein, so little known
to the public, portray in full and as never before the real Jiang Zemin.
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The Epoch Times Editorial Board |