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corruption in, 163–64, 173–74, 362n.56
courts role in, 159, 161–62
economic policy, 174–77
funding of, 164–68
grid management system, 162, 360n.26
groups/offices, 161–64, 359nn.20–21
house arrest policy, 162–63
ideological monitoring, 162–63
information access regulation, 168–70, 210, 262, 299, 361n.50, 385n.93, 385n.94
mass incidents/demonstrations, 156, 160–61, 169, 358n.1
security apparatus expansion, 158–60
social credit system, 162–63
social stability (shehui wending), 156–59
sovereignty vs. security, 217–18, 372n.44
tolerance of criticism, 170
whistle-blowers, 202–3, 368n.87
Stalin, Joseph, 34–35, 36–37, 41, 161, 192, 363n.20
Standard Chartered, 235
State
Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA), 188, 324
Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT), 188, 324
Administration of Radio, Film and Television, 170–71
Bureau for Letters and Petitions, 161–62, 324
Ethnic Affairs Commission, 188, 325
Internet Information Office, 170–72
Oceanic Administration, 123–24, 215, 325
Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), 108, 109–10, 175, 176, 325
Planning Commission, 49, 109–10, 175, 325
Public Servant Bureau, 325
State Council, 186–87, 238, 325
Council Development Research Center, 325
Council Information Office (SCIO), 170–71, 265, 325
Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, 188, 325
state-owned enterprises (SOEs), 49–50, 69, 84, 95, 107–10, 174–77, 260, 261, 325, 348–49n.101
stealth fighter test 2010, 123, 146–47
Steinberg, Jim, 132–33
Strategic and Economic Dialogues, 302
strategic industries, 348–49n.101
statification (guojiahua), 144
strike black crackdown, 62–63
struggle (douzheng), 216
Study Times, 207–8, 222
Su Rong, 64–65, 116
Sullivan, Jake, 288, 301
Summers, Lawrence, 22
Sun Chunlan, 205
Sun Lijun, 243
Sun Liping, 107
Sun Zhengcai, 76, 111, 116, 192
Super 301 tariffs, 259
Supreme People’s Court, 159, 186–87, 267, 326, 368n.87
Svolik, Milan, 94–95, 202
Sweden, 8
systems (xitong), 98
Taiwan Affairs Office (Taiban), 149, 285–86, 325
Taiwan Strait/Taiwan
as core interest, 3, 102, 131
dialogue/diplomacy policies, 298–99, 312–13
emigrants, 237
Hu’s policy towards, 120–21, 148–51, 279, 284–85, 357n.93
Jiang’s policy towards, 299
Kitty Hawk incident, 145–46
military force by Chinese in, 141–42, 284, 355n.65
nomenclature/maps referencing, 235
one country two systems, 22, 52–53
reunification with China, 284–86, 312
in Sino-American relations, 135, 272, 282, 284–86, 390n.52
US defense of, 312–13
Xi’s policy towards, 281
tariffs, Trump-era, 2, 5, 259–60, 271, 273–75, 304, 387n.3
television regulation, 170–71, 198
Temasek, 238
Tencent, 170, 173, 255–56, 264, 361n.50
term limits/retirement rules, 43–44, 60, 77, 93, 193, 201–2, 272–73, 342n.64
THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense), 225–26
Thatcher, Margaret, 248
3rd plenum reforms, 239, 297
Thought of Mao Zedong, 33–34, 37–38, 41, 193
Thousand Talents program, 5–6
Three Noes, 374n.84
Three Represents, 25, 89, 188–89
Thucydides Trap, 10
Tiananmen Crisis, 20, 25, 45, 47–48, 53, 58–59, 78, 113–14, 128, 139–40, 249
Tibet riots, 122–23, 131–32, 135, 169
Tibet/Tibetan autonomy, 14–15, 125, 150–51, 166–67, 234–35, 247, 341n.42
Tibetan Autonomous Regional Government, 163
TikTok, 194, 261, 281
Torigian, Joseph, 336n.44
Trade Law of 1974, 273–74
Transpacific Partnership (TPP), 270–71, 310–11
transparency (toumingxing, toumingdu), 56, 82.
Trump, Donald, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 182, 184, 204–5, 209, 290, 301, 305, 309, 310–11, 315–16
Tsai Ing-wen, 272, 284, 285, 298
Turnbull, Malcolm, 233–34
Twitter, 198, 232–33, 279–80
Uber, 256–57
UC San Diego, 132
Uighur Muslims, 8, 9, 15, 131–32, 151, 167, 194, 235, 245–46. see also re-education camps; Xinjiang
Ukraine invasion 2022, 2, 8, 208, 277, 287, 288–89
Ukraine uprising, 105–6
Ukraine War, 142–43
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 120, 214, 218–19, 252–53, 294–95
UN Human Rights Council, 270–71
UN Industrial Development Organization, 270–71
UN International Telecommunication Union, 270–71
UNCLOS tribunal, 223–24, 283, 294–95
United Front Work Department, 122–23, 188, 233, 238, 246, 322
United Kingdom, 8, 132
United Nations, 270–71
United States, public opinion towards China, 8–9
Unreliable Entity List, 275
“Uphold the Four Cardinal Principles” speech, 46
US Entity List, 259, 274–75, 308
US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC), 309
vaccines distribution, 278, 388–89n.31
Victorious, USNS, 120
Vietnam
anti-Chinese protests, 213–14
Chinese war rhetoric, 220–21
Deng Xiaoping’s attack on, 219
elections in, 91
grey zone harassment, 15, 56
leadership elections in, 71
Paracel Islands loss, 52
public opinion towards China, 8–9
South China Sea claims, 3–4, 17
virtual private network (VPN), 172
virtuocracy, 35, 65–68
Wall Street Journal, 256–57
Wang Chen, 200
Wang Huning, 126–27, 199, 205, 263
Wang Jisi, 229
Wang Lequan, 167–68
Wang Lijun, 62–64, 115–16
Wang Qishan, 68–69, 73, 187–88, 189, 200, 255
Wang Shouye, 111
Wang Xiaohong, 243
Wang Yang, 62–63, 83–84, 114–15, 199
Wang Yi, 122, 149, 151, 152, 154, 187, 194–95, 217, 279
Wang Zhiyuan, 355n.63
Warner, Mark, 5–6, 7
wealth redistribution, 105
Weeks, Jessica, 211
Weibo, 95, 106, 169–70, 171, 197–98, 219, 261, 264, 266–67, 361n.50, 368n.89
Weixin (WeChat), 172–73, 197–98, 264, 281
welfare coalition, 174–75
Wen Jiabao
calls for democracy, 92–93, 115
Cheonan incident, 138
corruption in family of, 112
on Diaoyu-Senkaku Islands, 220
disrespect of Obama by, 125, 135–36
domestic policy, 174–75, 176
East China Sea policy, 154
economic policies, 108–9
foreign policy, 120–21
governance style, 82–84, 92–93, 96
India state visit 2010, 147–48
political history, 16, 61
public appearances/apologies, 157
removal from official histories, 179
scientific/technology policy, 175
social discontent policy, 104–5
transparency policy, 64
visit to Japan 2008, 124
whateverism, 40
White Paper on Peaceful Development, 133
Whitsun Reef, 283
Wilhelm II, 12–13
wolf warrior diplomacy, 86, 181, 208, 210, 279–80
Wray, Christopher, 237–38, 307
Wu Bangguo, 86, 115
Wu Yi, 153
Wuhan. see COVID-19/coronavirus
Xi Jinping
agenda, 183–86, 207–9, 238–40, 254, 256–57
anti-corruption campaign, 111–13, 116, 141, 180, 190, 200
balance of power argument, 10
bandwagoning under, 180–83, 210
Beijing Olympics role, 160
Bo Xilai and, 64–65
censorship policy, 82–83, 262
centralized rule model, 185–86, 364–65n.31
challenges to, 116, 180–81, 210, 234, 289–90
COVID-19 policies, 2, 55
criticism of, 10, 12, 31, 32, 69–70
cult of personality, 42–43, 180, 192, 193–98, 263, 366–67n.61
cultural reforms, 198
destruction of Deng Xiaoping legacy, 31–33, 42
economic reforms, 32, 118
education reforms, 196–97
election of, 72–73
embrace of Maoism by, 42, 45, 184, 197, 213, 221
fake reverence of, 195–96
foreign direct investment (FDI), 208, 253–54, 369n.5
foreign policy, 119, 133–34, 155, 180–83, 208–9
governance style, 42–43, 47–48, 67, 69–70, 77–78, 95, 118, 179–80, 182–83, 289
high-tech policy, 6–7
historical nihilism, 197
ideological indoctrination agenda, 193–95, 252, 263–64
influence operations, 232–36
leadership interview process, 72–73
legal system policy, 188–89
legitimacy as leader, 19, 276–77
market reforms, 253–61, 382n.55
media control, 197–98
military command policy, 139
military uniform usage by, 213
multicandidate elections, 91
opposition to, 32–33
as People’s leader (renmin lingxiu), 192–93
personal ambitions of, 9, 11
personal history, 178–80
political history, 68–69, 88, 356n.76
popularity of, 190
power centralization under, 12–13, 211–12, 290, 292, 293
propaganda system control, 197
purges of Party by, 159, 189–92, 211, 243
role models, 209
secrecy policies, 57, 59
self-promotion by, 32
Sino-Russian relations, 2, 288–89
South China Sea policies, 3–4, 17
sovereignty vs. security, 217–18, 372n.44
Soviet Party ideological collapse, 183–84, 363n.20
successors-in-training, 182, 193, 198–201
Taiwan policy, 148–49
term limits/retirement ages, 193, 201–2, 272–73
titles claimed by, 192–93, 213
transfer of power to, 117, 118
visits to United States, 63–64
voting powers, 70–71
wolf warrior diplomacy, 86, 181, 208, 210, 279–80
“Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy,” 194–95
“Xi Jinping Thought on Military Affairs,” 194–95
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, 186, 194–95, 200, 254, 257, 313–14
Xi Jinping’s Seven Years as a Sent-Down Youth, 195
Xi Zhongxun, 24, 32, 118, 178, 236–37
Xiao Yang, 25, 159
Xie Tao, 92
Xie Zhenhua, 135–36
Xinhua News Agency, 64, 72–73, 82–83, 95, 104–5, 169, 186, 197–98, 325, 385n.94
Xinjiang, 125, 181, 208, 234–35, 277–48, 281, 286–87, 295–96, 341n.42. see also Uighur Muslims
Xinjiang cotton boycott, 235, 248
Xinjiang riots, 122–23, 131–32, 167–68
Xu Caihou, 64–65, 112, 113, 116, 141, 212–13
Xuexi Qiangguo, 194
Yang Jiechi, 17, 122, 126–27, 130–31, 137, 146, 150–51, 210, 272
Yao Chen, 262
Yao Yilin, 187–88
Yasukuni Shrine, 22, 149, 153–54, 279, 282
Ye Jianying, 52
Yeltsin, Boris, 180, 212–13
Yeonpyeong Island, 16–17
yibashou (number one boss), 111
Young Communist League (YCL), 35, 88, 189–90
Youth League faction (tuan pai), 69
Yu Jianrong, 166, 358n.1
Yu Keping, 57, 91
Yu Zhengsheng, 68–69
Zara fashion chain, 235
Zeng Qinghong, 65–66, 75, 83–84, 96
Zero Tolerance, 190
Zhang Jie, 372n.44
Zhang Lifan, 350n.132
Zhang Youxia, 68–69
Zhao Leji, 189–90, 192, 199
Zhao Lijian, 2, 134, 278, 279–80
Zhao Qizheng, 170–71
Zhao Zhengyong, 195–96
Zhao Ziyang, 25, 45, 47–48, 58–59, 75, 188, 248
Zheng Bijian, 21, 120–21, 135
Zheng Yongnian, 97, 117
Zhong Nanshan, 203
Zhou Enlai, 34, 178
Zhou Ruijin, 91
Zhou Xiaochuan, 85
Zhou Yongkang
anti-Japan protests and, 219
authority/standing of, 131
Beijing Winter Olympics, 159–60
Bo Xilai and, 63, 64–65, 116
corruption of, 112, 116, 164
faction of, 99
followers as influential, 184
grey zone harrassment policy, 124
investigation of, 243
oil industry lobbying of, 130
political history, 158–59
purge of, 64–65, 116, 159, 191
on South China Sea, 224
Zhu Rongji, 73, 108
Zoellick, Robert, 22
ZTE ban, 259–60, 273
Zuckerberg, Mark, 266
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