But her attacks have been unrelenting, eroding the govern-ment's patience.
In March last year, she published a long analysis of the growing inequalities in Chinese society in a Changsha-based magazine, Reading Room.
The essay formed the core of a book that she later published under the title We Are All Still Gazing At The Stars."
The book included criticism of Jiang's three priorities for the party, the cornerstone of what he hopes will be his intellectual legacy. He says that the party should represent "the advanced forces of production, advanced culture and the interests of the grassroots." But He's book charged that the theory is really just an attempt to consolidate the power of the ruling elite.
The book was banned, and Reading Room's editor-in-chief and several other senior editors were also removed from their jobs.
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