Xi Jinping, China, and the United States
As Xi Jinping begins his historic third term in office, many will try to understand Xi as both person and leader. This book examines Xi Jinping from his childhood during China’s Cultural Revolution all the way through his second term as China’s paramount leader. The author analyzes not only Xi Jinping’s life and leadership but also Western perceptions, assessments, and interpretations of Xi and how this has affected China’s dynamic relationship with the West. It will trace how early and mostly optimistic expectations gave way first to denial or attempts to explain away his consolidation of power and then reshaped into the assessment of a new China under a powerful Xi. The book gives special attention to the vital US–China relationship and the dynamics between Xi and the US leadership.

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Xi Jinping, China, and the United States
As Xi Jinping begins his historic third term in office, many will try to understand Xi as both person and leader. This book examines Xi Jinping from his childhood during China’s Cultural Revolution all the way through his second term as China’s paramount leader. The author analyzes not only Xi Jinping’s life and leadership but also Western perceptions, assessments, and interpretations of Xi and how this has affected China’s dynamic relationship with the West. It will trace how early and mostly optimistic expectations gave way first to denial or attempts to explain away his consolidation of power and then reshaped into the assessment of a new China under a powerful Xi. The book gives special attention to the vital US–China relationship and the dynamics between Xi and the US leadership.

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Xi Jinping, China, and the United States

Xi Jinping, China, and the United States

by Chi Wang
Xi Jinping, China, and the United States

Xi Jinping, China, and the United States

by Chi Wang

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As Xi Jinping begins his historic third term in office, many will try to understand Xi as both person and leader. This book examines Xi Jinping from his childhood during China’s Cultural Revolution all the way through his second term as China’s paramount leader. The author analyzes not only Xi Jinping’s life and leadership but also Western perceptions, assessments, and interpretations of Xi and how this has affected China’s dynamic relationship with the West. It will trace how early and mostly optimistic expectations gave way first to denial or attempts to explain away his consolidation of power and then reshaped into the assessment of a new China under a powerful Xi. The book gives special attention to the vital US–China relationship and the dynamics between Xi and the US leadership.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781666936957
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 05/03/2023
Pages: 438
Product dimensions: 6.27(w) x 9.42(h) x 1.22(d)

About the Author

Chi Wang is president of the US–China Policy Foundation.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introducing Xi Jinping

Chapter 1: Xi’s Family and Childhood

Chapter 2: Xi’s Early Career: 1980‒2006

Chapter 3: Xi’s Rise to Power 2007‒2013

Part II: China Under Xi Jinping

Chapter 4: Xi Takes the Reins: 2013‒2014

Chapter 5: Xi’s Aggressive China: 2015‒2017

Chapter 6: Xi Without Limits: 2018‒2020

Chapter 7: Crisis and Opportunity: 2020

Chapter 8: Xi Resurgent: 2021‒2022

Part III: Xi Jinping and the US

Chapter 9: Bush and Obama: 2007‒2016

Chapter 10: Trump and Biden: 2017‒2022

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