Xi 's Consolidation Of Power : Why China May Define Our Future World Order

To begin the new plan in Asia, the US gave 2 billion dollars to the Chinese nationalists, set up in Taiwan, who were fighting the Chinese Communist Party. The CCP won the war against the nationalists in 1949 by appealing to greatest population in China, peasants.This victory made the American people fearful because the government had let China go “red.” They thought that if such a big country could turn communist, then what would keep the rest of the world from turning to the same communist policies, paralleling Eisenhower’s later “falling domino”

As many other countries around the world China has its long history of a struggle for equality and prosperity against tyrants and dictatorships. The establishment of People’s Republic of China in 1949 seemed to have put an end to that struggle for a better life. “The Chinese people have stood up!” declared Mao Tse-tung, the chairman of China’s Communist Party (CPP) – a leading political force in the country for the time. The people were defined as a coalition of four social classes: the workers, the peasants, the petite bourgeoisie and the national-capitalists. The four classes were to be led buy the CPP, as the leader of the working class.

“The Party: The Secret World Of China’s Communist Rulers,” by Richard McGregor is a book which provides detailed insight into the Communist Party of China, revealing many of the secret underpinnings of how the party is run, and explores the question of how they have continued to stay in power for so long. While other strong socialist powers, such as the Soviet Union and Eastern Germany, fell at the end of the 20th century, the CPC was able to stay in control and ultimately come out of that period even stronger. In McGregor’s own words “the party picked itself up off the ground, reconstituted its armor and reinforced its flank. Somehow, it has outlasted, outsmarted, outperformed, or simply outlawed its critics, flummoxing the pundits who have predicted its demise at numerous junctures.” Instead of letting its own ideologies weaken its power, the CPC has continually adapted and transformed its policies and goals in order to maintain their stronghold over the nation. Through his impressive list of Chinese scholars and political contacts, McGregor is able to lay out the fundamental workings inside the Chinese government and the impressive actions they’ve taken to remain such a powerful organization.

Ho-fung Hung’s work attempts to reconcile the widespread expectation that China’s rise would lead to a fundamental change in the global status quo with the observed fact that China has become increasingly connected to and one with the global status quo. To do this, he must first examine China’s rise and prove that it upholds the global status quo, and further must look into the origins of China’s rise, going back to the 13th century, to understand why this rise seemingly changed so little about the global world order.

In the article, “China’s Xi Jinping opens ‘New Era’ for country and the world”, Xi Jinping, China’s president, relates his ‘new era’ of China to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Xi is a well-loved leader in China, just like how Caesar is a well-loved leader in Rome. In Xi three and a half hour speech he doesn’t focus on the current situations that are happening, he talks about the future not just in five years but in 30. By Xi saying that it seems like he plans on ruling China for as long as he can, just like how Caesar wanted to rule as much as he can. Xi and Caesar just wants what’s best for their citizens and country.

On Wednesday, Xi Jinping, the president of China, showcased the six officials that would be helping him lead China for the next 5 years. President Jinping made it clear in his speech that he intends to make China a more present and more powerful influences of world politics. The committee of men 7 men that will be ruling Communist China for the next 5 years are all well into their 60’s and they all have the intentions to get a lot accomplished in the up and coming years. Although Mr. Xi seemed both excited and proud to be revealing his council members with their experience in international relations and history of intellectual excellence, he had yet to introduce his successor that will be taking command when his presidency ends in 2023.

China’s history continues to shape its contemporary thinking, foreign policy and diplomacy with the West. In order to understand China’s politics and its civilization in general, it is important to look into its history and its traditional philosophy. This book examined many key events in Chinese foreign policy from the classical era to the present day, with an emphasis on the decades after the rise of Mao Zedong. The Chinese’s response and its approach to diplomacy and foreign policy were seen during

No one can deny from recent news that there has been a strong surge of Chinese nationalism, and that this nationalism has turned heads in the international community. The nationalism that the CCP has affected is taking on a life of its own. In its strategy of pragmatic nationalism, the CCP tried to blur the lines between love of country with love of the state and governing body. What has resulted is a whole new breed of nationalism that is very much independent of the Chinese Communist Party and in fact has caused the CCP great concern. This new form of nationalism is much more vibrant, passionate, virulent and uncontrollable than the government had intended with its post 1989 strategy of obtaining legitimacy through nationalism. This

In his article, “The Future of the Liberal World Order”, John Inkenberry discusses what he sees as a global shift in power, from the Western and Northern powers such as the United States and Great Britain to the more Eastern and Southern developing states like China, India and Brazil. This potential shift in power has sparked a fear in many people. This fear, as the global power switches from West to East and North to South, stems from the thinking that these new nations that are coming to power will abolish the liberal world order that we all know. I however believe that instead of challenging the United States for power and changing the world order to more reflect their ideologies, these emerging nations will instead seek a greater position of leadership in the already existing world order. Firstly, I will provide an argument of Inkenberry’s main arguments and why realists’ have started to worry. Second, I will show how China is rising to threaten the United States superpower position in today’s world order, and finally I will illustrate ways which show that China is not challenging the Liberal World Order and why.

The third and final theme involves Chinese President Xi Jinping working to cement his influence in politics well after he has to give up his titles. First, the Communist Party anointing Xi as their “core” leader could grant him unchallenged influence over reshuffles of the top ranks. This would allow Xi to strategically place allies in greater positions of power to his benefit. The powers of the title of “core” leader is not as well defined by regulations as Xi’s official title as general secretary of the Communist party is. Some of Xi’s popularity comes from him having been in charge of an anti-corruption purge and a drive for increased political control over society (Mai). However, Xi is actually rather weak in patronage networks in China

Deng Xiaoping has been the individual with the most impact on China since the 1970’s. Along with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, he is looked at as one of the key figures in evolution of communism in China . Deng Xiaoping will be remembered as a national hero, but this was not always the case. The real story of Deng includes the fact that, on more than one occasion, his peers ostracized him. During his lifetime he has been a part of the many changes in China throughout the twentieth century. He was by Mao Zedong’s side through all of the struggles of the Chinese Communist Party; battling with Chiang Kai-shek and the Guomindang over

China came to realise that it was no longer at the centre of the world after being invaded multiple times by ‘barbarians’ from the outside who were stronger and possessed an intimidatingly sturdy culture and religion which threatened the Chinese culture and world order (Zhimin, 2005:38). China felt threatened and took to nationalism as a non-Chinese solution to the survival of China (Zhimin, 2005:38). However, “Chinese nationalism was a modern idea, seeping in from Europe. It was bolstered by the resentment of European imperialists, with their own ignorant and ruthless

Xi Jinping is a native of Fuping County in Shaanxi province but was born in Beijing on 15 June 1953. Xi’s father, Xi Zhongxun, was a renowned revolutionary and a political leader of the country who was serving as the director of the Central Propaganda Department in Beijing when his son was born. Xi Zhongxun’s legacy looms large in CCP history, his contributions include the establishment of communist guerrilla bases in the northwestern China in the 1930s, fighting against the Japanese and Kuomintang armies in the 1940s, the stabilization of Tibet and Xinjiang in the 1950s, and the initiation of economic liberalization in the southern China in the 1980s.

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has become more integrated and willing to cooperate within the global political and economic systems than ever in its history. However, there is growing apprehension in the Asia-Pacific region and the U.S. in regards to the consequences of rising in economic and military power in China. Descriptions about Chinese diplomacy in the policy and scholarly are less positive lately concerning China’s obedience to regional and international rules. There was little debate in the U.S. and elsewhere in regards to whether China was or was not part “the international community.” Scholars and experts in the early 1990s have contended

Xi’s “Dream” and the rhetoric his team have deployed in presidential speeches (in public and behind closed doors). President Xi has made considerable efforts to emphasize the importance of Chinese culture to China today and to its future, exerting compatriots to demonstrate more pride in China’s culture, civilization and history. He also needs opened up China to the world. China’s policy in Southeast Asia focus on Peaceful Development and a Harmonious World (Government of China 2007) and the values of political equality, mutual benefit, ‘win-win’ cooperation, cultural exchange, and