From Confucius to Xi Jinping

Auteur

Willy Lam is a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, Washington, DC, and a research affiliate with several academic institutions in North America. Previously, he taught Chinese politics and foreign policy for 15 years at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Lam has 40 years of experience writing about China. His books include China in the Era of Xi Jinping and The Fight for China's Future (both published by Routledge).

Texte du rabat

is book analyzes Chinese politics, particularly the rule of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping, through an examination of the country's political ideology.

Contenu

1. The legacy of Liberalization in the Warring States Era 2. Dynastic China and the Nurturing of the Chinese DNA 3. The curse of the "dynastic cycle" and the Chinese DNA 4. How Thought Liberation in the Republican Period led to Communist Rule 5. How the Dynastic DNA underpins the policies of Mao and Xi 6. China into the late 2020's: The Future in light of the Past