1st Edition

Xi Jinping: China's Third New Era

By Jayadeva Ranade Copyright 2023
412 Pages
by Routledge

412 Pages
by Routledge

412 Pages
by Routledge

As its title ‘Xi Jinping: China’s Third New Era’ suggests, the book covers the period mid-June 2017 till the end of 2020—a period when, Xi Jinping’s acolytes claim, China had already embarked on a third thirty-year era under his leadership, like those of Mao and Deng before him. This period also saw an outpouring of criticism against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese President... Read more

1. Xi Jinping Prepares to Lead China into New Thirty-Year Era

2. China’s Internal Situation before the 19th Party Congress: An Overview

3. China’s Internal Situation: Is Xi Jinping under Pressure

4. The China Dream

5. China: Path to Hi-Technology

6. China’s Maritime Challenge in the Indo-Pacific

7. Belt and Road Initiative and its Future Implications

8. China’s 19th Party Congress: New Leaders to Steer China to the China Dream

9. Initial Assessment of Xi Jinping’s Work Report at 19th Party Congress

10. Analysis of China’s 19th Party Congress

11. Distancing the PLA From Politics: Representatives in CCP Standing Committees

12. Initial Assessment of China’s CPPCC Plenary Session, 2019

13. A Brief Assessment of China’s 3rd Session of the 13th CPPCC, May 2020

14. An Assessment of the Second Plenum of China’s 13th National People’s Congress

15. An Assessment of the 13th Session of China’s 13th NPC, May 2020

16. China’s Military and the National People’s Congress

17. No Change in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Assertive Policies Despite Pressure

18. CCP CC’s 4th Plenum Could Suggest a Dilution in Xi Jinping’s Authority

19. Chinese President Xi Jinping Faces Difficult Times Ahead

20. Popular Protests Undermine Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Credibility

21. The COVID-19 Epidemic and China’s Economy

22. China’s Economic Revival will Face Serious Headwinds

23. Dissatisfaction with Chinese President Xi Jinping Mounts

24. Chinese President Xi Jinping Reacts to Inner Party Opposition

25. Xi Jinping Shores up Position to Fend off Opponents

26. Qiu Shi Calls for Protecting Xi Jinping as “Core” of the Whole Chinese Communist Party

27. Xi Jinping Launches ‘Yan’an Style’ Campaign to Cleanse China’s Security Apparatus

28. Xi Jinping’s Efforts to Consolidate Marxist Ideology among CCP Members to Counter US

29. China and the Post COVID-19 World

30. The US-China Trade War: A Strategic Move

31. The US-China Trade War: Fall-Out in China

32. China’s View of Ties with the US: Hints of Concessions?

33. China’s ‘Big Two’ have Domestic Discontent and US-China Tension as Backdrop: India Finds Mention in US-China Exchange

34. Chinese Researchers Suggest Modulation of China’s Policy Towards United States

35. Tension is High Within China’s Leadership Echelons as United States Maintains Unrelenting Pressure

36. Chinese Assessments of the International Situation

37. CICIR’s Assessment of China’s Major Country Diplomacy

38. China Debates Policy Towards US as Biden’s Administration Takes Over

39. China: Conference on Peripheral Diplomacy

40. Xi Jinping Launches Campaigns to Entrench the Chinese Communist Party Among the People

41. China’s 19th Party Congress Indicates No Change in China’s Policy Towards Tibet

42. Tibet has been Receiving Higher Priority in Recent Months

43. China Intensifies Efforts to Diminish Dalai Lama’s Influence

44. Tibet Autonomous Region’s Expenditure on Public Security

45. China’s Xiaokang (Well-Off) Border Defence Villages in Tibet Autonomous Region

46. China and US Could Emerge as Adversaries over the Tibet Issue

47. China’s Seventh Tibet Work Forum, August 29-30, 2020

48. China’s Third Central Xinjiang Work Conference

49. Inner-Party Differences on Hong Kong Issue Pose Problems for Xi Jinping

50. DPP’s Win in Taiwan Elections will have Repercussions

51. CPEC and Challenges for Pakistan

52. Brief Analysis of Chinese Propaganda During India-China Face-Off at Doklam, June 16-August 1, 2017

53. Different Facets of the Doklam Face-Off: An Overview

54. Composition and Implications of Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe’s Visit to India

55. Chinese State Councillor and Public Security Minister Zhao Kezhi’s Visit Yields Little Tangible Results

56. Can the Second Xi-Modi Summit Tackle the Really Difficult Issues

57. Implications of the Ongoing Tension with China Along the LAC

58. China Probably has a Larger Hidden Agenda

59. Chinese Thinking on the India-China Border Issue

60. China Appears to have Initiated a Phase of Deception along the LAC

61. Chinese Publication Asserts Aksai Chin is “Illegally Occupied by India”

62. An Authoritative Chinese Assessment of how China Views India

Biography

Jayadeva Ranade is President of the ‘Centre for China Analysis and Strategy’. He retired as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India in August 2008 and is a former Member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB). He has over 45 years experienceanalysing developments relating to China, Tibet and East Asia. His foreign assignments include Hong Kong, Beijing and Washington DC.