{"product_id":"xi-jinping-9781032301402","title":"Xi Jinping","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the policy, ideology and politics of Xi Jinping, State President and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China's ruler for life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough comparisons with former CCP leaders, including Deng Xiaoping, it assesses whether, having abandoned many of the key precepts of the Era of Reform and the Open Door, the conservative supreme leader's restitution of Maoist standards might enable China to sustain economic growth and project hard and soft power worldwide. The book also examines whether the Communist Party will succeed in retaining the support of 1.4 billion Chinese in the face of unprecedented challenges in the economic and geopolitical arenas. It also provides a comprehensive picture of Xi's rise to power; his AI-assisted and legalistic surveillance and control mechanisms; China's evolving economic system; Xi's foreign and national-security policies and the implications of the 20th Party Congress of October 2022 from both domestic and fo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\/Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Retrogressions under Xi Jinping in Light of the Institutional Reforms of His Relatively Liberal Forebears \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Rise of Xi Jinping, His Work Style and Members of the Xi Faction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Xi’s Ideological Agenda: To Push Forward Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Xi Jinping’s Surveillance-State Apparatus and Its Impact on Society \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Xi’s Economic Agenda: Boosting Party Control over Business while Avoiding Decoupling from the International Marketplace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Xi’s Foreign Policy Agenda: China to Become Rule-Setter of the World \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Conclusion: The 20th Party Congress and Beyond: Xi Jinping Becomes “Leader for Life” but China Faces Unprecedented Challenges \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018957979991,"sku":"9781032301402","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032301402.jpg?v=1750778820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/xi-jinping-9781032301402","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}