Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China

Doyon, Jérôme

doi:doi:10.3998/mpub.12291596

Jérôme Doyon

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Working for the administration remains one of the most coveted career paths for young Chinese. Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China seeks to understand what motivates young and educated Chinese to commit to a long-term career in the party-state and how this question is central to the Chinese regime's ability to maintain its cohesion and survive. Jérôme Doyon draws upon extensive fieldwork and statistical analysis in order to illuminate the undogmatic commitment recruitment techniques and other methods the state has taken to develop a diffuse allegiance to the party-state in the post-Mao era. He then analyzes recruitment and political professionalization in the Communist Party's youth organizations and shows how experiences in the Chinese Communist Youth League transform recruits and feed their political commitment as they are gradually inducted into the world of officials. As the first in-depth study of the Communist Youth League's role in recruitment, this book challenges the assumption that merit is the main criteria for advancement within the party-state, an argument with deep implications for understanding Chinese politics today.

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Two network structures, one simple tree-like hierarchy and a hierarchical structure complexified with non-hierarchical ties

Simple tree-like hierarchy (left) and structure complexified with non-hierarchical ties (right)

From Chapter 1

Fig. 1. Simple tree-like hierarchy (left) and structure complexified with nonhierarchical ties (right).

Organizational graph of the party-led units in charge of student management in chinese universities

The party-dominated control apparatus over youth organizations on campus

From Chapter 2

Fig. 2. The party-dominated control apparatus over youth organizations on campus.

Organizational graph representing the hierarchy of student cadres in the Youth League and the student union

Unofficial hierarchy of student cadres in the CYL and the Student Union

From Chapter 2

Fig. 3. Unofficial hierarchy of student cadres in the CYL and the student union. Source: This figure is based on a cross-analysis of interviews with university officials and student cadres. The layers represent equality of rank from the cadres’ perspective.

Official CV of a candidate for graduate student union elections with 8 categories

Candidate presentation for the Nanjing University Graduate Student Union elections

From Chapter 3

Fig. 4. Candidate presentation for the Nanjing University Graduate Student Union Chairperson elections. Source: Nanjing University Student Union WeChat account, 30 May 2014.

Handout for the election campaign of a faculty-level graduate student union

From Chapter 3

Fig. 5. Handout for the election campaign of a faculty-level graduate student union. Source: Handout gathered by the author (the candidate’s name has been removed).

Picture of Xi jinping visiting peking university, accompanied by university officials

Xi Jinping (in the middle) visiting Peking University in 2012

From Chapter 4

Fig. 6. Xi Jinping (in the middle) visiting Peking University in 2012. Source: Ministry of Education website.

Pictures of Li Keqiang, Zhu Shanlu, and Lu Hao linked by arrows

A sponsorship chain from Peking University

From Chapter 4

Fig. 7. A sponsorship chain from Peking University. Source for pictures: Xinhua.net

Pictures of Chen Xi, Yang Yue, Shen Yue, and Wang Songtao linked by arrows

A sponsorship chain from Tsinghua University

From Chapter 4

Fig. 8. A sponsorship chain from Tsinghua University. Source of pictures: Xinhua.net

The table is organized as a matrix, with the officials Yang yue met through youth organizations classified based on one hand on the origin of their ties with Yang, and on the other on where there were posted in 2008 when he joined the CCP Central Committee

Yang Yue’s youth organizations network

From Chapter 7

Page 138 →Fig. 9. Yang Yue’s youth organizations network (where the cadres he met in youth organizations were posted in 2008, when he joined the CCP Central Committee).

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Simple tree-like hierarchy (left) and structure complexified with non-hierarchical ties (right)

The party-dominated control apparatus over youth organizations on campus

Unofficial hierarchy of student cadres in the CYL and the Student Union

Candidate presentation for the Nanjing University Graduate Student Union elections

Handout for the election campaign of a faculty-level graduate student union

Xi Jinping (in the middle) visiting Peking University in 2012

A sponsorship chain from Peking University

A sponsorship chain from Tsinghua University

Yang Yue’s youth organizations network

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