Xi Jinping, China, and the United States

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As Xi Jinping begins his historic third term in office, many will try to understand Xi as both person and leader. This book examines Xi Jinping from his childhood during Chinas Cultural Revolution all the way through his second term as Chinas paramount leader. The author analyzes not only Xi Jinpings life and leadership but also Western perceptions, assessments, and interpretations of Xi and how this has affected Chinas dynamic relationship with the West. It will trace how early and mostly optimistic expectations gave way first to denial or attempts to explain away his consolidation of power and then reshaped into the assessment of a new China under a powerful Xi. The book gives special attention to the vital USChina relationship and the dynamics between Xi and the US leadership.

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Identifying the key elements shaping a leaders foreign and domestic behavior is tricky. This is especially so in the case of Chinas Xi Jinping. Are early childhood and adolescent experiences key in explaining Xis increasingly assertive domestic and foreign policy stance Policy objectives Or, naked personal power interests Has the mix of considerations changed over time as Xi has moved from trying to survive as a subordinate, to competing for supreme power as a rising party member, to maintaining and enhancing power once achieved Professor Wang Chis masterful Xi Jinping, China, and the United States cautions analysts never to underestimate the role of self-interest. -- David M. Lampton, The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Xi Jinping, China, and the United States is a uniquely comprehensive and meticulously documented biography of the worlds most powerful national leader, Chinas Xi Jinping. Drawing on a remarkable range of foreign reporting and analysis, Dr. Wang has brought together in one volume real-time interpretations of Xis formation as a youth, rise in the Party, political machinations, foreign policies, and relationships with U.S. Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden. This is required reading for students of contemporary China and its foreign relations. -- Chas W. Freeman, Charg dAffaires at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing (1981-1984)

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Chi Wang is president of the USChina Policy Foundation.