Reborn with Ambition for Power: The Linze Chronicles

In the summer of 1998, reborn Jiang Peng turned down a secure job at a fertilizer plant and used his worldly savvy, including hiding cash inside a gift box of roast chicken, to get his foot in the door at the Linze City Management Bureau. In this western Shandong county town, where “connections mattered more than ability,” he understood the unspoken rules of a society built on personal ties. He used his father's old army-buddy connections to pave the way, built up his capital through selective enforcement, and climbed step by step toward the heart of power.