XI JINPING C

This book in one convenient volume is the first comprehensive exploration of all episodes of Xi Jinpings b. 1953 life history and his political career begun at age 17. Part I explores Xis formative childhood and youth experience as well as his governance record spanning every administrative level from the village to the capital. Part II focuses on Xis first fiveyear term as General Secretary 20122017 and as President 20132018. The author discusses all major issues including Xis legitimacy building consolidation of power ideological redefinition party rectification anticorruption efforts and control of dissent up until 2018. He explores reforms in the economy social policy the judiciary military and foreign relations in the same period. Xis political life mirrors the vicissitudes of the Maoist and reform eras and sheds light on the regimes hopes and fears strengths and weaknesses and the changing zeitgeist of the times. By adopting a multidisciplinary comparative and social science approach this book unpacks and explains immensely complex phenomena and offers fresh insights into the dynamics of governance in China encompassing both progressive and regressive features. It synthesizes a large corpus of cuttingedge research on China takes issue with influential theories such as the one party two coalitions view of Chinese politics and rejects conventional wisdom that views China as a frozen and closed system under oneman rule. This original contribution to scholarship explores how Xi Jinping and his team introduced an unprecedented transformation of Chinese society and politics and initiated an activist global outreach