Xi Jinping : political career, governance, and leadership, 1953-2018 /

"This book, in one convenient volume, is the first comprehensive exploration of all episodes of Xi Jinping's (b. 1953) life history and his political career, begun at age 17. Part I explores Xi's formative childhood and youth experience as well as his governance record spanning every...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chan, Alfred L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Childhood and Youth: Privilege and Trauma, 1953-​1979
  • 3. Early Career: Central Military Commission, 1979-​1982, and Zhengding County, 1983-​1985
  • 4. Seventeen Years in Fujian: Governance and a New Political Economy, 1985-​2002
  • 5. The Sixteenth Party Congress, 2002, and Governing Zhejiang, 2002-​2007
  • 6. The Shanghai Interlude and Political Succession at the Seventeenth Party Congress, October 2007
  • 7. The Trials of the Heir Apparent and Crisis Management, 2007-​2012
  • 8. The Eighteenth Party Congress, November 2012, and Succession Politics
  • 9. Consolidation of Power, Image-​Building, and Disciplining the Party State and Society
  • 10. Economic Revival, Social Development, and the Search for a New Development Model
  • 11. Modernizing the Military and Recalibrating Foreign Relations
  • 12. Power, Policy, and Political Succession: The Nineteenth Party Congress, October 2017
  • 13. The Thirteenth National People's Congress, March 2018, and Administrative Reform