China’s Global Strategy under Xi Jinping

A powerful analysis of China’s bid for global pre-eminence and what it means for the future of international politics.Xi Jinping’s pledge to achieve “the China Dream of national rejuvenation” by 2050 captures the ambition driving China’s current global strategy. While the phrase may be characteristically vague, its implications are far-reaching–shaping how Chinese leaders engage with the world and envision China’s place within it.In China’s Global Strategy under Xi Jinping, Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung offer a clear and compelling account of how China is seeking to reshape the international order on its own terms. Drawing on decades of political evolution, they introduce a powerful new framework–Sino-centric party-state realism–to explain the ideological, political, and strategic logic behind China’s foreign policy under Xi.The authors apply this framework across three key domains: global diplomacy, technology and the economy, and geopolitic