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...This chapter suggests that the national leader, Xi Jinping, has managed to build a new image of political leadership that corresponds with the discourse on masculinity in contemporary times. The archetypal model is constructed with the assistance of Xi’s wife and her modern First Lady image...

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... Political Science China Elite politics Welfare State Xi Jinping Deng Xiaoping Comparative politics Socialist market economy Corruption Party state In Chapter 2 , I have explored state intentions. The benevolent hypothesis is that the People’s Republic is remaking itself into a state dedicated...

... concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. China is less strong economically and more dictatorial politically than the world has wanted to believe. By analysing...

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