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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821656603321

Autore

Blackwill Robert D.

Titolo

Xi Jinping on the global stage : Chinese foreign policy under a powerful but exposed leader / / Robert D. Blackwill and Kurt M. Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Council on Foreign Relations, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-87609-668-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 53 pages)

Collana

CSR ; ; Number 74

Disciplina

951.0612

Soggetti

China Foreign relations 21st century

China Politics and government 2002-

China Economic conditions 2000-

China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Council Special Report -- Introduction -- A system transformed : Xi's consolidation of political power -- Understanding the man at the center : Xi's background and biases -- Powerful but exposed : Xi in the wake of China's economic slowdown -- A mix of bullying and beneficence : Xi's current foreign policy -- Xi's September 2015 state visit to the United States -- Diplomacy after the downturn : Xi's future foreign policy -- Implications for the United States -- Endnotes -- About the Authors -- Study Group Members -- Mission Statement of the IIGG Program.

Sommario/riassunto

"Xi Jinping is the most powerful Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping, and with his sweeping actions and ambitious directives he has fundamentally altered the process by which China's domestic and foreign policy is formulated and implemented. Xi's popular anticorruption campaign has cowed senior party and military officials and allowed him to amass dominating power in a short span of time. With this transcending authority, Xi has ended China's carefully evolved collective and consensual leadership structure, marginalized the bureaucracy, and put himself at the center of decision-making on all consequential matters. This report discusses Xi's transformation of



China's domestic politics, his background and beliefs, the challenges he faces from China's slowing economy, and the implications of his foreign policy for the United States"--