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friends and enemies the past present and future of the communist party of china
p friends and enemies delivers a lucid and provocative history of one of the worlds largest and most successful political organizations the chinese communist party ccp . grounding his account in the origins of the ccp brown charts its early struggles and the emergence of the leadership of mao zedong in the 1930s before unravelling the role of the party during the second world war and the vicious internecine struggle that culminated in the ccps ascent to power in 1949 . p the narrative tackles the successes and failures of the ccp in the post war era analysing this chequered period with a close eye to the internal machinations of the party and then boldly considers the prospects of the ccp in the future . brown produces a forthright analysis of where the party stands in the 21st century and assesses its three greatest challenges energy the environment and the economy before culminating in a discussion of the potential for democratic reform and the risks the party faces while it attempts to become a modern party in charge of a globally important economy . p friends and enemies is based on a combination of research and browns own experiences as a business person and diplomat in china where he lived for seven years . it has also benefited from the input of analysts of the party from the uk and us and from talks with party officials at senior and working level in china .