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China under Xi Jinping
An Interdisciplinary Assessment
Series: - Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 282
China under Xi Jinping: an Interdisciplinary Assessment offers an overview of reforms and changes that took place in China under Xi Jinpings administration in years 20122022. The book focuses on the impact of Xis rule on Chinas political system, with special attention given to the features that distinguish Xi from his predecessors. The authors discuss, among others, the Xi Jinping Thought and the nature of his leadership, factors contributing to Chinas economic success, the future of the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinas response to challenges in terms of security, climate policy, energy transition, pandemics, as well as its ambition to become a global superpower in domains such as space exploration and sports. The volume also analyzes the influence that Xi Jinpings government has exerted on the Chinese state, society, and culture, concentrating on areas such as healthcare, education, politics regarding religion, the evolution of Chinese nationalism, the developments in Chinese cinema, music, language, and even political humor.
To understand what characterizes Xi as a politician and how his time in office is reflected in todays China, experts on China-related matters appear in five parts, or dimensions including: political, economic, social, cultural, and foreign policy issues. This publication will spark the readers interest in and increase their awareness concerning the developments in the Peoples Republic of China under Xi Jinping.
To understand what characterizes Xi as a politician and how his time in office is reflected in todays China, experts on China-related matters appear in five parts, or dimensions including: political, economic, social, cultural, and foreign policy issues. This publication will spark the readers interest in and increase their awareness concerning the developments in the Peoples Republic of China under Xi Jinping.
Micha Dahl, is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Dean of the Political Science Division at
University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Poland. His research interests are within contemporary international relations and concentrate on Asia and the Pacific region, particularly domestic and foreign policy of the United States, China, Japan and the Philippines, as well as cities in IR. His recent publications include monograph
The Role of Cities in International Relations. The Third-generation of Multi-level Governance? (Edward Elgar, 2022), co-authored with Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawowski, Joanna Modrzyska and Pawe Modrzyski,
Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China, co-edited with Hanna Kup, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), and
The Philippines Strategy Towards the Indo-Pacific Region (2022), written with Joanna Marszaek-Kawa.
Maciej Szatkowski, Ph.D., is a sinologist and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Culture Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Chair of the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at NCU. His research focuses on contemporary Chinese culture and literature, particularly Chinese counterculture of the late 1980s and 1990s, as well as drama translation. His recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Hanna Kup, and Maciej Szatkowski, and translation of Sun Huizhu and Fei Chunfangs drama China Dream ((Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022) (together with Karolina Kodrzycka).
Hanna Kup, Ph.D. (2019), is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at the Faculty of Humanities, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland. Her primary research interests concern traditional Chinese music, including its developments during the New Culture Movement. Her recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski, and monograph Polskie nazwy miejscowe w jzyku chiskim: Kontekst historyczno-kulturowy, metodologia przekadu i sownik [Polish Toponyms in Chinese: Historical and Cultural Context, Methodology of Translation and a Dictionary] (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-authored with Kamil Burkiewicz.
Maciej Szatkowski, Ph.D., is a sinologist and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Culture Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Chair of the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at NCU. His research focuses on contemporary Chinese culture and literature, particularly Chinese counterculture of the late 1980s and 1990s, as well as drama translation. His recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Hanna Kup, and Maciej Szatkowski, and translation of Sun Huizhu and Fei Chunfangs drama China Dream ((Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022) (together with Karolina Kodrzycka).
Hanna Kup, Ph.D. (2019), is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at the Faculty of Humanities, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland. Her primary research interests concern traditional Chinese music, including its developments during the New Culture Movement. Her recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski, and monograph Polskie nazwy miejscowe w jzyku chiskim: Kontekst historyczno-kulturowy, metodologia przekadu i sownik [Polish Toponyms in Chinese: Historical and Cultural Context, Methodology of Translation and a Dictionary] (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-authored with Kamil Burkiewicz.
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China under Xi Jinping provides a timely and comprehensive assessment of the evolution of China in the era of Xi Jinping. It takes in a sound manner stock of achievements, challenges, and failures in various policy areas, including the domestic realm and Chinas international relations. These areas are well chosen, in fact, the inclusion of interesting dimensions such as arts and sports sets this edited volume positively apart from other publications." - Alfred Gerstl Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Palacky,
University in Olomouc (Czech Republic)
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Hanna Kup, Maciej Szatkowski and Micha Dahl
Part 1
Political Dimensions
1 The Characteristics and Evolution of Chinas Political System under Xi Jinping
Bogdan J. Gralczyk
2 Xi Jinpings Regime Maintenance Paradigm
Yan Chang Bennett
3 The Realpolitik of Xi Jinping Thought
John Garrick
4 Is There a Xi Style of Politics Change and Continuity Since 2012?
Kerry Brown
5 When Chinese Communist Party (
ccp
) Meets the Pandemic
An Authoritarian Resilience?
Yung-Yung Chang
Part 2
Economic Dimensions
6 The Great Chinese Transformation From the Third to the First World
Grzegorz W. Koodko
7 The Belt and Road Initiative, Centralisation of Local Interests and Centre-province Relations
Dominik Mierzejewski
8 Chinas Policy on Climate and Energy towards 2060
ukasz Gacek
Part 3
Social Dimensions
9 Social Development under Xi Jinping Education, Health, and Retirement
Octasiano M. Velerio Mendoza
10 Chinese Nationalism in the Era of Xi Jinping
Joanna Wardga
11 Competition in the National College Entrance Examination and Disparity of Access to Elite Higher Education in China
Tanja Carmel Sargent, Karen Hao and Wang Fei
12 Functionalities of Political Humor in Xi Jinpings Era Resistance, Cynicism, Nationalism
Wendy Weile Zhou and Lutgard Lams
Part 4
Cultural Dimensions
13 Opium of the People? Religious Politics in the Xi Jinpings Era
Martin Lavika
14 Cinema Reconsolidation of Party-State Hegemony in a Market Economy
Chris Berry
15 Between Art and Social Responsibility Politics of Music in the Xi Jinpings Era
Hanna Kup
16 Community of Common Language The Last Decade in the Advancement of Putonghua
Kamil Burkiewicz
Part 5
Foreign Policy Dimensions
17 Chinas Belt and Road Initiative as Xis Personal Legacy Project
Konstantinas Andrijauskas
18 Chinese Security in the Xi Era
David A. Welch
19 Chinas Space Program and Its Quest for Superpowerhood Goals, Strategies, Perception of Challenges
Micha Dahl, Hanna Kup and Maciej Szatkowski
20 Chinas Rise to the Global Sports Power
Vic Yu Wai Li and Marcus P. Chu
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Hanna Kup, Maciej Szatkowski and Micha Dahl
Part 1
Political Dimensions
1 The Characteristics and Evolution of Chinas Political System under Xi Jinping
Bogdan J. Gralczyk
2 Xi Jinpings Regime Maintenance Paradigm
Yan Chang Bennett
3 The Realpolitik of Xi Jinping Thought
John Garrick
4 Is There a Xi Style of Politics Change and Continuity Since 2012?
Kerry Brown
5 When Chinese Communist Party (
Yung-Yung Chang
Part 2
Economic Dimensions
6 The Great Chinese Transformation From the Third to the First World
Grzegorz W. Koodko
7 The Belt and Road Initiative, Centralisation of Local Interests and Centre-province Relations
Dominik Mierzejewski
8 Chinas Policy on Climate and Energy towards 2060
ukasz Gacek
Part 3
Social Dimensions
9 Social Development under Xi Jinping Education, Health, and Retirement
Octasiano M. Velerio Mendoza
10 Chinese Nationalism in the Era of Xi Jinping
Joanna Wardga
11 Competition in the National College Entrance Examination and Disparity of Access to Elite Higher Education in China
Tanja Carmel Sargent, Karen Hao and Wang Fei
12 Functionalities of Political Humor in Xi Jinpings Era Resistance, Cynicism, Nationalism
Wendy Weile Zhou and Lutgard Lams
Part 4
Cultural Dimensions
13 Opium of the People? Religious Politics in the Xi Jinpings Era
Martin Lavika
14 Cinema Reconsolidation of Party-State Hegemony in a Market Economy
Chris Berry
15 Between Art and Social Responsibility Politics of Music in the Xi Jinpings Era
Hanna Kup
16 Community of Common Language The Last Decade in the Advancement of Putonghua
Kamil Burkiewicz
Part 5
Foreign Policy Dimensions
17 Chinas Belt and Road Initiative as Xis Personal Legacy Project
Konstantinas Andrijauskas
18 Chinese Security in the Xi Era
David A. Welch
19 Chinas Space Program and Its Quest for Superpowerhood Goals, Strategies, Perception of Challenges
Micha Dahl, Hanna Kup and Maciej Szatkowski
20 Chinas Rise to the Global Sports Power
Vic Yu Wai Li and Marcus P. Chu
Index
China under Xi Jinping may be of interest to those interested in contemporary China both comprehensively and based on selected aspects (such as political, economic, and social issues or foreign policy); universities (lecturers and students), research institutes, think tanks, and libraries.
It will also be useful to those specializing in a wide range of academic disciplines, including the humanities, encompassing cultural and religious sciences, ethnology and cultural anthropology, history, linguistics, literary studies, art sciences, and social sciences (including economics and finance, socio-economic geography, security sciences, social communication and media sciences, political and administrative sciences, legal sciences, sociological sciences, and international relations).
It will also be useful to those specializing in a wide range of academic disciplines, including the humanities, encompassing cultural and religious sciences, ethnology and cultural anthropology, history, linguistics, literary studies, art sciences, and social sciences (including economics and finance, socio-economic geography, security sciences, social communication and media sciences, political and administrative sciences, legal sciences, sociological sciences, and international relations).