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Mao Zedong and the twelve other young men who founded the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 could hardly have imagined that less than thirty years later they would be rulers On its hundredth anniversary the party remains in command leading a nation primed for global dominance

Tony Saich tells the authoritative comprehensive story of the Chinese Communist Partyits rise to power against incredible odds its struggle to consolidate rule and overcome selfinflicted disasters and its thriving amid other Communist parties collapse Saich argues that the brutal Japanese invasion in the 1930s actually helped the party Once in power however the Communists faced the difficult task of learning how to rule

Leninist systems are thought to be rigid yet the Chinese Communist Party has proved adaptable From Rebel to Ruler shows that the party owes its endurance to its flexibility But is it nimble enough to realize Xi Jinpings China Dream Challenges are multiplying as the growing middle class makes new demands on the state and the ideological retreat from communism draws the party further from its revolutionary roots The legacy of the party may be secure but its future is anything but guaranteed