The world according to Xi : everything you need to know about new China /

China is now the most powerful country on earth. Its manufacturing underpins the world's economyl its military is growing at the fastest rate of any nation and its leader, Zi Jinping, is to set the pace an and tone of world affairs for decades. In 2017, Xi Jinping became part of the constitutio...

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Main Author: Brown, Kerry, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, [2018]
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Summary:China is now the most powerful country on earth. Its manufacturing underpins the world's economyl its military is growing at the fastest rate of any nation and its leader, Zi Jinping, is to set the pace an and tone of world affairs for decades. In 2017, Xi Jinping became part of the constitution, an honor not seen since Chairman Mao. Here, China expert Kerry Brown guides us through the world according to Xi, his plans to make China the most powerful country on earth and to eradicate poverty for its citizens. In this captivating book we discover Xi's beliefs, how he thinks about communism and how far he is willing to go to defend it.
Physical Description:ix, 147 pages ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index.
ISBN:9781788313285
1788313283