The Political Thought of XI Jinping Lib/E

Over the course of the last half dozen years, China's supreme leader Xi Jinping has made extraordinary changes which have profound implications not only for the Chinese people but nations throughout the world. Given how swiftly and fundamentally China's relations with the rest of the world are changing under Xi's rule, it is imperative that we know what Xi Jinping Thought is, how it evolved, and why it is so important. In The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung provide an authoritative overview of what "Xi Jinping Thought" is and is not and what it means for both China and the world. Xi, now effectively leader for life, has worked to ensure that "Xi Jinping Thought" becomes cemented as the new state ideology. Clearly inspired by the doctrine of "Mao Zedong Thought," which shaped the parameters of acceptable thinking for a quarter century, Xi wants his doctrine to define what he calls the "China Dream of national rejuvenation" and serve the pathway to its fulfillment by 2050. Drawing from original research of Xi's speeches, writings, and policies, Tsang and Cheung conceptualize Xi's vision independently from interpretations provided by the Chinese Communist Party or other sources. They further examine and explain how Xi seeks to transform this vision into reality.

About the Author :
Olivia Cheung is research fellow of the China Institute at SOAS University of London. She was educated at Oxford, where she was a Swire Scholar and a Rhodes Scholar. She previously taught at the University of Warwick, where she was course director for the MA in International Politics and East Asia. She is the author of Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics: To the Left or to the Right? Steve Tsang is director of the China Institute at SOAS University of London. He is also a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College at Oxford. He previously served as the head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies and as director of the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham. Before that he spent twenty-nine years at Oxford University, where he earned his DPhil and worked as a professorial fellow, dean, and director of the Asian Studies Centre at St Antony's College. He has a broad area of research interest and has published extensively, including five single authored and thirteen collaborative books. Born and raised in Southern California by immigrant parents, Rebecca Lam is an Asian American-Pacific Islander narrator. Lover of traveling, pickled veggies, and rescue animals, Rebecca resides in Los Angeles, California, with her too-curious-for-his-own-good snowshoe cat, Clark Gable.