- Jiang’s wife Wang Yeping is his cousin, but there is no blood relation. Because Jiang’s adoptive father is actually his biological father’s younger brother, and Wang Yeping is his adoptive mother’s niece, there is no blood relation between Jiang and his adoptive mother, which conveniently bypasses it.
- After reciting the entire Gettysburg Address in 1986, Jiang did not quell the student movement. (I had remembered that his erudition would have won over the students, but on closer thought that is impossible; persuading a large‑scale mass movement driven by emotional contagion is not easy, and perhaps the best tactic at the time was for Jiang to blend in and block the way.) Later Jiang evaluated today’s students as “simple‑minded, not at all like us back then.” This is hard to assess; perhaps the differing social environments and upbringing lead to different values, or perhaps students who have lived through turbulent times receive a distorted education.
- Jiang’s appointment as General Secretary was very sudden. Originally Jiang was giving a lecture at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, hoping to become a professor after the retirement of the Shanghai Party Secretary, but he was urgently called to Beijing where the senior leadership’s decision was announced.
- After the General Secretary’s announcement, the FBI proposed 24‑hour protection for Jiang’s son. He refused, and the department provided
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那么人呐，就都不知道（命运），自己就不可以预料。一个人的命运啊，当然要靠自我奋斗，但是也要考虑到历史的行程，我绝对不知道我作为一个上海市委书记怎么把我选到北京去了。
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He seems to have become chairman because his uncle’s family had no sons, and according to custom the extra sons in the clan were sent over (?
Then his rise to the chairmanship was directly due to the decisive handling of the ’89 turmoil, and also because Deng Xiaoping often liked to stay in Shanghai, and Jiang Zemin was appreciated during the reception.
立场不同，视角自然也不同。这一点我挺认同学长在对上海某报纸那个记者说的话，大意是记者是一个天真的书生，以为治理上海这么大的一个城市非常简单。很多时候了解的信息过于片面会导致错误之举。
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苟全性命于乱世，不求闻达于诸侯
画面感太强