An Earthquake in Chinese Politics?

A little more than 30 years ago, the Tangshan earthquake precipitated dramatic political changes in China – the fall of the “Gang of Four” and Deng Xiaoping’s consolidation as China’s supreme leader. Is something similar about to happen in the wake of the Sichuan quake?

BEIJING – Now that the aftershocks from the great Sichuan earthquake appear to have dissipated, it is time to ask what shocks, if any, the earthquake delivered to China’s political system. Has the quake given birth to some new, positive political force that will accelerate reform?

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