
Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
by Elizabeth C. Economy
Recommended by Michael McFaul
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Politics, Social Sciences, and Nonfiction.
In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at the transformative changes underway in China today. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has unleashed a powerful set of political and economic reforms: the centralization of power under Xi, himself, the expansion of the Communist Party's role in Chinese political...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Politics, Social Sciences, and Nonfiction.
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Michael McFaul
“Ive been reading a lot of China books these days. @LizEconomy The Third Revolution truly stands out. Also learning a lot from @jenjpan 's Welfare for Autocrats.”
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