Haunted by Chaos: China's Grand Strategy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping. By Sulmaan Wasif Khan. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2018. 320 pp. ISBN: 9780674977099 (cloth).

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 1065-1067
Author(s):  
Qingfei Yin
Keyword(s):  
Harvard University ◽  
Mao Zedong ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
Xi Jinping

China’s Grand Strategy through Infrastructure Projects in Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Gladys Lechini ◽  
Maria Noel Dussort ◽  
Agustina Marchetti
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Xi Jinping ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Regional Environment ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Power Projection

Abstract China’s intention to go global has been clear since Xi Jinping assumed power, displaying its grand strategy. Infrastructure projects supporting physical connectivity reveal China’s policies to expand its actions beyond the regional environment and consolidate its power projection. The Going Out policy has been the tool to back up Chinese investments in infrastructure, and African countries have offered a good opportunity to show what can be done in an almost bare terrain. Nigeria and Kenya are good examples to empirically demonstrate China’s intentions, as they have railway remodelling or construction projects underway.

scholarly journals Political and socio-Economic Modernization of Modern China: The Dynamics of Ideological and Worldview Accents

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
S. А. Prosekov
Keyword(s):  
Mao Zedong ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Deng Xiaoping ◽  
Xi Jinping ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Chinese Characteristic ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Modernization ◽  
Opening Up

The article describes the history of the development of the economy and socio-political relations within the People’s Republic of China during the “reforms and opening up” since December 1978 The article gives a history of the progress of reforms before Xi Jinping came to power The paper examines each leader’s contribution from four generations of the country’s leaders in solving the problems of implementing economic and political reforms The author of the article describes the methods used by the leaders of the Celestial Empire to modernise the country to improve the wellbeing of the population and build “socialism with Chinese characteristic” The article provides a brief description of the achievements and failures in the process of leading the country by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao.

scholarly journals El Pragmatismo en la CSS de China: integración del genio histórico y elementos modernos

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Fang Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Mao Zedong ◽  
Deng Xiaoping ◽  
Xi Jinping

Durante los últimos setenta años, China ha sido una estrella fulgurante en el campo de la cooperación internacional. El factor principal que contribuyó al ascenso exitoso del gigante asiático es el pragmatismo reflejado en sus estrategias de Cooperación Sur- Sur (CSS). El desarrollo de las estrategias tiene tres fases- el período de Mao Zedong (1949-1976), la época y la post-época de Deng Xiaoping (1978-2012) y la nueva etapa de Xi Jinping (desde 2013)- y en cada una observan reformas dirigidas, en vez de por las ideologías, por los intereses del Estado en diferentes contextos internacionales. Consecuentemente, el progreso de la CSS de China cambió la estructura política internacional, y ofreció experiencias y lecciones útiles para otros países en desarrollo. El presente trabajo va a analizar desde el vínculo de continuidad del pragmatismo las estrategias de la CSS de China a lo largo de las tres fases, y durante un período de tiempo que va desde la década de 1950 hasta la actualidad.

Xi's indefinite rule will have immediate impact

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Term Limits ◽  
Mao Zedong ◽  
Xi Jinping ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Media Report ◽  
Term Limit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
People's Congress

Subject The removal of presidential term limits. Significance China's constitution will be amended at the National People's Congress this month to remove a rule that prevents people from serving more than two consecutive terms as the country's president, state media report. The limit was introduced in the 1982 revision of the constitution that was part of a set of laws, rules and conventions designed to prevent China reverting to dictatorship as it had been under Mao Zedong. Removing the term limit will allow Xi Jinping to remain president after his second term ends in 2023, when he will be 69. Impacts Turnover in other leadership positions could slow down too, making the top echelons older and less diverse. Comparisons of Xi with Mao Zedong are for the most part misplaced; Xi is a conservative, not a radical. Despite consolidating power, Xi's second term may be more difficult due to more serious external challenges.

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