Chinese leader Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin gained their political authority and effective political power from which of the following?

Question

Update:

these are the choices

a. Their position as president or head of state

b. Their process of popular election

c. Their close ties with former Soviet leaders

d. The power, prestige, and wealth of their families in the precommunist era

e. Their position as general secretary

Answer 1

i don't see the fact that they are communists and shoot anyone who dares to challenge them...