Throughout China's extensive history, the country's leader has invariably played a pivotal
role in determining its fate. As we look towards the future, the question arises: How will Xi …

34 Alice Lyman Miller central policies from unresponsive officials further down the political
system who go their own way. More fundamentally still, leadership statements and actions …

The two books under review share in part the same title, but they are written in different
styles, with contrasting emphases in the content, and with often distinct and sometimes …

Treating Xi Jinping as the key to understanding contemporary China, this book offers
valuable insights into personal and political aspects of Xi's China and how he has shaped …

Xi Jinping has proven to be one of the most transformative political leaders of the twenty-first
century. After a long career that began at the village level, he became General Secretary of …

Xi Jinping is not the sole or even primary factor causing recent major shifts in the Chinese
political landscape. Structural and situational factors also explain many of these changes. In …

As Xi Jinping completes his first five-year term as China's top political leader, now seems an
appropriate juncture to attempt an interim assessment of his tenure as chairman of the ruling …

Xi Jinping's leadership has been marked by ambiguity and unpredictability. Since becoming
general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, he has pursued fragile …

Abstract DOES THE REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY of socialist rising powers influence their
rise to power? If so, how, when, and why? The literature on rising powers works on a set of …

If China seems unstoppable, so too does its leader Xi Jinping. As General Secretary of the
Chinese Communist Party and President of China, he commands over 1.4 billion people, in …