This 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'.
Willy Lam is a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, Washington, DC, and a research affiliate with several academic institutions in North America. Previously, he taught Chinese politics and foreign policy for 15 years at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Lam has 40 years of experience writing about China. His eight books include China in the Era of Xi Jinping and The Fight for China's Future (both published by Routledge).
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1 Introduction: Retrogressions under Xi Jinping in Light of the Institutional Reforms of His Relatively Liberal Forebears
2 The Rise of Xi Jinping, His Work Style and Members of the Xi Faction
3 Xi's Ideological Agenda: To Push Forward Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era
4 Xi Jinping's Surveillance-State Apparatus and Its Impact on Society
5 Xi's Economic Agenda: Boosting Party Control over Business while Avoiding Decoupling from the International Marketplace
6 Xi's Foreign Policy Agenda: China to Become Rule-Setter of the World
7 Conclusion: The 20th Party Congress and Beyond: Xi Jinping Becomes Leader for Life but China Faces Unprecedented Challenges
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