The World According to Xi: Everything You Need to Know About the New China

by Kerry Brown

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788313285
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/04/2018
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London. Prior to that he was Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Sydney, and Head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House, London. With 30 years experience of life in China, he has worked in education, business and government, including a term as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing. He is author of over 20 books on contemporary China, including The World According to Xi: Everything You Need to Know About the New China (2018). He is currently working on a history of Britain's relations with China since the 16th century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction 1

1 XI's Story 7

2 XI Jinping as Party Man 25

3 XI Jinping's Values? 43

4 XI Jinping and Global China 73

5 XI and Political Reform 93

6 XI Jinping Thought 113

Postscript: What Happens to Lucky Men When the Luck Runs Out? 129

Suggested Reading 141

Index 143