1st Edition

Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream Foreign Policy, Politics and Development

Edited By Madhu Bhalla, Sanjeev Kumar Copyright 2025
366 Pages
by Routledge

366 Pages
by Routledge

366 Pages
by Routledge

Written by Indian experts and strategic thinkers, this book comprehensively analyses the many themes which have come to characterise the Chinese Dream in the “third era” and also examines the narrative of success as well as risks and challenges facing China in various fields. The contributors of the book maintain that the focus on domestic and foreign policy issues emerging from the three last... Read more

Foreword

Introduction

Tables, Figures and Maps

PART I: Foreign Policy and Security

1. China’s Diplomacy under Xi Jinping

Madhu Bhalla

2. Reforms in the People’s Liberation Army: A Status Check

S.L. Narasimhan

3. China’s Nuclear Developments, 2013-2022: New Capabilities, New Debates, New Implications for the New Era

Manpreet Sethi

4. China’s New Multilateralism: Claims for a New Global Order

Madhu Bhalla

5. China in Asia: Emerging Dynamics under Xi Jinping

Anamika Singh

6. The Ontology of the Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese Perspectives

Prashant Kaushik

PART II: Domestic Politics

7. Back to the Roots: The Communist Party of China in a New Era

Bhim B. Subba

8. China’s Economic Reforms: New Normal and New Transitions in the New Era

Sanjeev Kumar

9. China’s Tibet Policy between the 18th and 19th Party Congress

Jayadeva Ranade

10. China’s Tibet Policy between the 19th and 20th Party Congress

Tsewang Mingure and Tashi Dhondup

11. The Weaponisation of the Media under Xi Jinping

Gunjan Singh

PART III: Economy and Development

12. The Chinese Economic Dream and the Triple Challenge of Trade War, COVID-19 and Deglobalisation

Priyanka Pandit

13. Connecting the Dots in the Global Supply Chain: The Geostrategic Reality for the Indo-Pacific

Trithesh Nandan

14. China’s Environment and Energy Performance under Xi Jinping

Avinash Godbole

15. The Path of China’s Rejuvenation: Social Construction since the 18th Party Congress

Geeta Kochhar

Editors and Contributors

Index

Biography

Madhu Bhalla is member of the International Research Committee at the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo, a member of the Governing Board of the School of Transnational Studies, Delhi University and editor of the India Quarterly, ICWA. She was also Professor in Chinese Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, India. She holds an MA and PhD from Queen’s University, Canada.  

Sanjeev Kumar is Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, India He has been a Member and Coordinator of ICWA’s Core Group on China, and a Member of VIF’s China Experts Group. His research interests include the domestic dynamics of China, India-China relations, and China’s foreign and neighbourhood policy.