Publication
Jul 2013
This essay examines General Secretary Xi Jinping's leadership style in China and what it means for possible political reforms and economic liberalization. The author argues that Xi's top-down approach, which might be called 'hardline modernization', seeks to check irrational behavior such as corruption and runaway financing by introducing military and party fusion rather than reforming the key state economic actors.
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Author | François Godement |
Series | ECFR Publications |
Issue | 85 |
Publisher | European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) |
Copyright | © 2013 European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) |