Description
Book SynopsisAs Xi Jinping begins his historic third term in office, many will try to understand Xi as both person and leader. This book examines Xi Jinping from his childhood during China’s Cultural Revolution all the way through his second term as China’s paramount leader. The author analyzes not only Xi Jinping’s life and leadership but also Western perceptions, assessments, and interpretations of Xi and how this has affected China’s dynamic relationship with the West. It will trace how early and mostly optimistic expectations gave way first to denial or attempts to explain away his consolidation of power and then reshaped into the assessment of a new China under a powerful Xi. The book gives special attention to the vital US–China relationship and the dynamics between Xi and the US leadership.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Introducing Xi Jinping
Chapter 1: Xi’s Family and Childhood
Chapter 2: Xi’s Early Career: 1980‒2006
Chapter 3: Xi’s Rise to Power 2007‒2013
Part II: China Under Xi Jinping
Chapter 4: Xi Takes the Reins: 2013‒2014
Chapter 5: Xi’s Aggressive China: 2015‒2017
Chapter 6: Xi Without Limits: 2018‒2020
Chapter 7: Crisis and Opportunity: 2020
Chapter 8: Xi Resurgent: 2021‒2022
Part III: Xi Jinping and the US
Chapter 9: Bush and Obama: 2007‒2016
Chapter 10: Trump and Biden: 2017‒2022
Conclusion
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