Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping: Renaissance, Reform, or Retrogression? by Lam, Willy Wo-Lap

Routledge. As New with no dust jacket. 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 0765642093 . Light wear; signed by the author. ; 323 pages; Signed by Author .

Paperback / softback. New. Renowned for his coverage of China's elite politics and leadership transitions, veteran Sinologist Willy Lam has produced the first book-length study in English of the rise of Xi Jinping--General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since November 2012. With rare insight, Lam describes Xi's personal history and his fascination with quasi-Maoist values, the factional politics through which he ascended, the configuration of power of the Fifth-Generation leadership, and the country's likely future directions under the charismatic "princeling." Despite an undistinguished career as a provincial administrator, Xi has rapidly amassed more power than his predecessors. He has overawed his rivals and shaken up the party-state hierarchy by launching large-scale anti-corruption and rectification campaigns. With a strong power base in the People's Liberation Army and a vision of China as an "awakening lion," Xi has been… Read More

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M E Sharpe Inc, 2015. Paperback. New. 344 pages. 9.69x6.18x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

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M E Sharpe Inc, 2015. Paperback. New. 344 pages. 9.69x6.18x0.75 inches.