Jiang Zemin's works become bestsellersPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, August 11, 2006 6:45 PM
 An excited reader Queues were reported in book stores around China as The Selected Works of Jiang Zemin, former Chinese President, went on sale on Thursday. Just kidding, it wasn't The Onion, it was Xinhua. Links and Sources
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Comments on Jiang Zemin's works become bestsellers
Well it was a better read than the Da Vinci Code.
Great punchline!
While Xinhua dutifully stuck its fingers down its throat and vomited this load of rubbish, not all State media were quite so interested. China Daily, for example, didn't even feel it was worth carrying an editorial...The limits of JZ's influence become clearer
It's probably just because the CD felt there was nothing left to add to the PD's assessment: "Jiang's works enrich Party guiding theories" - http://chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2006-08/11/content_662277.htm
after reading this article, i went to five bookstores in qingdao and asked for jiang's book. they were all sold out; in fact, they had all sold out the morning the book went on sale.
Jiang Zemin's theories have been enshrined in China's constitution. Of course his works are important, and they are more recent than Deng Xiaoping. I would love to buy an english copy of them, being central to the study of modern China.