Xi Jinping - Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018

This book is the first comprehensive exploration of Chinese leader Xi Jinping''s life and political career. Synthesizing a large corpus of cutting-edge research, Chan provides a contextualized and balanced analysis of the leader and demonstrates how his life sheds light on the vicissitudes of the history of the People''s Republic. The result is an original contribution to scholarship which is essential reading for anyone interested in the turbulent rise of China and its implications for the world.