Alfred L. Chan

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Alfred L. Chan is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Huron University College, Western University, Canada. He earned his doctorate at the Univ. of Toronto after studying at the School of Oriental & African Studies, Univ. of London.

Currently, he is a research associate with the Asia Institute of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Univ. of Toronto. Before he joined Huron he had taught at Carleton, McGill, Calgary universities. A Sinologist, Dr. Chan had taught wide-ranging courses on Comparative Politics, International Relations, Asian Politics (Japan, Taiwan, S Korea, and Hong Kong), the International Relations of China and Japan, Third World Politics, Soviet Politics, Comparative Communism, as well as courses on Chinese history. He has published in journals such as the Studies on Contemporary China, The China Quarterly, The China Journal, and Pacific Affairs. In 2012, he was honoured by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence.

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Xi Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018 Feb 15, 2022

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Xi Jinping has proven to be one of the most transformative political leaders of the twenty-first century. After a long career that began at the village level, he became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and China's paramount leader in 2012. Few expected what would come next: a sweeping restructuring of China's political economy and political culture which included anti-corruption campaigns against the Party, and a full recalibration of China's relations with the outside world. In Xi Jinping, Alfred L. Chan offers a comprehensive account of his life and times.

Chan discusses Xi's early years as a "princeling" and his ordeal during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution. Xi's privileged childhood was shattered during his youth when he was mercilessly tormented as a counter-revolutionary, declared a juvenile delinquent and pauper, ultimately becoming an ordinary peasant. But he clawed his way back up a ladder of success reflecting the changing zeitgeist of the times. He entered politics at age seventeen and accumulated administrative experiences at the county and provincial levels. Chan documents Xi's long path upward through the system, revealing how he built a reputation as an astute leader and a corruption fighter.

The second half of the book focuses on the post-2012 period, and Chan pays particular attention to the context surrounding Xi's governance once he consolidated power. He makes clear that Xi's core guiding principle has been Leninism, which prioritizes disciplined party rule above all else. Throughout, Chan applies a range of social scientific theories drawn from comparative politics, international relations theory, public policy, and theories of governance to explain policymaking during an era of turbulent changes. Sweeping in scope and addressing virtually every aspect of Xi's life, this study will be essential for anyone seeking to understand not just Xi himself, but the overlapping global and domestic political contexts that shaped his career and style of rule.

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