China under Xi Jinping

China under Xi Jinping: an Interdisciplinary Assessment offers an overview of reforms and changes that took place in China under Xi Jinpings administration in years 20122022. The book focuses on the impact of Xis rule on Chinas political system, with special attention given to the features that distinguish Xi from his predecessors. The authors discuss, among others, the Xi Jinping Thought and the nature of his leadership, factors contributing to Chinas economic success, the future of the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinas response to challenges in terms of security, climate policy, energy transition, pandemics, as well as its ambition to become a global superpower in domains such as space exploration and sports. The volume also analyzes the influence that Xi Jinpings government has exerted on the Chinese state, society, and culture, concentrating on areas such as healthcare, education, politics regarding religion, the evolution of Chinese nationalism, the developments in Chinese cinema, music, language, and even political humor.

To understand what characterizes Xi as a politician and how his time in office is reflected in todays China, experts on China-related matters appear in five parts, or dimensions including: political, economic, social, cultural, and foreign policy issues. This publication will spark the readers interest in and increase their awareness concerning the developments in the Peoples Republic of China under Xi Jinping.

Micha Dahl, is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Dean of the Political Science Division at University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Poland. His research interests are within contemporary international relations and concentrate on Asia and the Pacific region, particularly domestic and foreign policy of the United States, China, Japan and the Philippines, as well as cities in IR. His recent publications include monograph The Role of Cities in International Relations. The Third-generation of Multi-level Governance? (Edward Elgar, 2022), co-authored with Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawowski, Joanna Modrzyska and Pawe Modrzyski, Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China, co-edited with Hanna Kup, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), and The Philippines Strategy Towards the Indo-Pacific Region (2022), written with Joanna Marszaek-Kawa.

Maciej Szatkowski, Ph.D., is a sinologist and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Culture Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Chair of the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at NCU. His research focuses on contemporary Chinese culture and literature, particularly Chinese counterculture of the late 1980s and 1990s, as well as drama translation. His recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Hanna Kup, and Maciej Szatkowski, and translation of Sun Huizhu and Fei Chunfangs drama China Dream ((Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022) (together with Karolina Kodrzycka).

Hanna Kup, Ph.D. (2019), is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at the Faculty of Humanities, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland. Her primary research interests concern traditional Chinese music, including its developments during the New Culture Movement. Her recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski, and monograph Polskie nazwy miejscowe w jzyku chiskim: Kontekst historyczno-kulturowy, metodologia przekadu i sownik [Polish Toponyms in Chinese: Historical and Cultural Context, Methodology of Translation and a Dictionary] (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-authored with Kamil Burkiewicz.

"China under Xi Jinping provides a timely and comprehensive assessment of the evolution of China in the era of Xi Jinping. It takes in a sound manner stock of achievements, challenges, and failures in various policy areas, including the domestic realm and Chinas international relations. These areas are well chosen, in fact, the inclusion of interesting dimensions such as arts and sports sets this edited volume positively apart from other publications." - Alfred Gerstl Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Palacky, University in Olomouc (Czech Republic)