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A/596916 Jonathan Vogelsang The Chongqing Model - Analyzing Regional Politics Since 2007 Verlag Dr. Kovac Hamburg 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE TO J. VOGELSANG'S THE CHONGQING MODEL 1 by Prof. Dr. Sarah Kirchberger PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR 3 1 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 Current State of Research 11 1.2 Methodology 12 1.2.1 Quantitative Analysis 14 1.2.1.1 The "red songs" 15 1.2.1.2 Reading the Classics 17 1.2.1.3 Word Count 18 1.2.2 Qualitative Analysis 18 2 BACKGROUND: CHINA'S MODERN SOCIETY 21 2.1 Societal Issues of modern China 21 2.1.1 Corruption 22 2.1.1.1 Excursus: The administrative Structure of the PRC 24 2.1.1.2 Causes of Corruption in China 26 2.1.2 Inequality 29 2.1.3 Urban-Rural Divide 31 2.1.4 Imbalanced Growth-Model and East-West Disparity 34 2.1.5 Environmental Degradation 35 2.2 The Policy Environment 36 2.2.1 "Scientific Development" and the "Harmonious Society" 37 2.3 Propaganda and "Thought Work" since 1989 39 2.3.1 Main Currents of Propaganda since 1989 41 2.4 BoXilai 42 2.4.1 Bo Xilai and the "Princeling"-Faction 44 3 "SINGING RED" 47 3.1 The Campaign of "red songs" 50 3.1.1 Results of quantitative Content Analysis 50 3.1.1.1 The 80 old Songs 50 3.1.1.1.1 Word Frequencies 55 V 3.1.1.2 The 36 new Songs 57 3.1.1.2.1 Word Frequencies 58 3.1.2 Qualitative Analysis of the 36 new songs 59 3.1.2.1 General commonalities 60 3.1.2.2 Nationalism with Chinese characteristics 62 3.1.2.3 "Party, oh party, great party" 69 3.1.2.4 "Warm China, happy China" 75 3.1.2.5 "A good man should be a soldier" 77 3.1.2.6 "Saving the Nation" 2.0 80 3.1.3 Discussion 82 3.2 Reading the Classics 85 3.2.1 Quantitative Analysis of Reading the Classics Volume 1-28 86 3.2.2 Qualitative Analysis of Reading the Classics Volume 1 90 3.2.2.1 Excursus: Confucianism in contemporary China 91 3.2.2.2 Governance 92 3.2.2.3 Self-cultivation 93 3.2.2.4 Importance of learning 94 3.2.2.5 "Get the People and the Kingdom is got" 96 3.2.2.6 Harmony 98 3.2.2.7 Militaristic, nationalistic Revolutionaries: Content by CCP Authors 99 3.2.3 Discussion 102 4 "STRIKING BLACK" 107 4.1 Discussion 111 5 OTHER POLICIES OF THE "CHONGQING MODEL" 115 5.1 Discussion 119 6 THE DOWNFALL OF BO XILAI 121 6.1 Chronolgy 121 6.1.1 Wiretapping into the heart of the party 122 6.1.2 The death of Neil Heywood 123 6.1.3 The Wang Lijun Incident 124 6.2 Bo Xilai dismissed from office 126 6.2.1 Reactions 127 6.3 Discussion 129 7 CONCLUSION 131 VI REFERENCES 135 APPENDIX I: THE 80 OLD SONGS (LIST) 150 APPENDIX II: THE 36 NEW SONGS (WITH TRANSLATION) 153 APPENDIX III: READING THE CLASSICS VOL. 1 (WITH TRANSLATION) 174 APPENDIX IV: WORD FREQUENCY TABLES 216 VII .

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