Recommended by: Rasananda Panda

Summary: "This chapter provides an overview of Xi Jinping's ideological framework for defining the future of China. It examines the primary documents of Xi's internal political and theoretical discourse within the ranks of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to decipher the underlying ideological dialect of intra-part communication. Xi's China now openly challenges the political values underpinning the pre-existing international order and offers. The chapter explains that China represents a profound global, geo-political and geo-economic disruption that affects the international community. It cites that Xi's ideological worldview holds fast and his political authority remains unchallenged, so it is highly unlikely that we will see further fundamental changes in China's overall policy direction under Xi's regime.

Contents:

1 Hiding in Plain Sight: Xi’s Ideological Framework for China’s Future
2 Defining Core Concepts
3 Continuity and Change in Chinese Worldviews An Historical Survey
4 Changes to China’s Ideological Worldview under Xi Jinping (2012–2017)

5 Ideological Change under Xi and the Transformation of Chinese Domestic Politics
6 The Impact of Ideology on Xi’s Economic Policy
7 Changes in China’s Macro-Policy Direction on the Economy
8 Ideology, the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the Direction of Micro-Economic Policy
9 Nationalism in Xi Jinping’s Worldview
10 Nationalism and the Narrative of Foreign Policy Assertiveness

11 Nationalism, Foreign Policy Assertiveness, and Chinese Policy towards the United Nations

12 Codifying the Marxist and Nationalist Dimensions of Xi Jinping Thought through the Party’s 2021 Historical Resolution

13 The Dawn of Xi Jinping’s Second Decade in Power and the CCP’s 20th Party Congress
14 What Xi Jinping’s Ideology Can Tell Us about China’s Future
15 Xi’s Nationalist Ideology and Future Trends in Chinese Foreign Policy

16 China after Xi